DoJ Takes On Apple Inc. In Groundbreaking Anti-Trust Lawsuit

I've been raving about Lina Khan and the great work she's been doing on busting monopolies. Now it's one of the biggest monopolies of them all! The US Justice Department and more than a dozen states filed a blockbuster antitrust lawsuit against Apple yesterday, accusing the giant company of illegally monopolizing the smartphone market. Via CNN:

It’s the largest in a recent string of Big Tech companies to face antitrust complaints from the US government, which is cracking down on the massive industry, whose power has gone largely unchecked over the past several decades.

The complaint, said Attorney General Merrick Garland at a news conference, alleges that ”Apple has maintained monopoly power in the smartphone market not simply by staying ahead of the competition on the merits but by violating federal antitrust law.”

“Consumers should not have to pay higher prices because companies break the law,” he added.

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