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March 22, 2024

Antitrust lawsuit says Apple operates illegal monopoly

  • Apple said the action, if successful, would “hinder our ability to create the kind of technology people expect from Apple.''
    • By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and MIKE BALSAMO
    Associated Press

    WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Thursday announced a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Apple, accusing the tech giant of engineering an illegal monopoly in smartphones that boxes out competitors and stifles innovation.

    The lawsuit, filed in federal court in New Jersey, alleges that Apple has monopoly power in the smartphone market and uses its control over the iPhone to “engage in a broad, sustained, and illegal course of conduct.”


     
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