US Accuses Tech Giant Apple Of Controlling The Smartphone

According to Bill Baer, a visiting scholar at Brookings and former Obama administration antitrust officer, the case will depend on the issue of motivation.”Anti-trust laws and the courts’ interpretation of them suggest that once you’re a monopolist,” he stated, “if you do engage in behaviours that have no legitimate business justification other than to limit competition and cement your monopoly, then that is problematic.”

It is the first antitrust lawsuit brought against Apple under President Joe Biden’s administration and the third legal action the US government has brought against the corporation since 2009.Should the government prevail in court, Apple might be forced to revise its present agreements and procedures, or the business might even be forced to dissolve.Apple’s stock dropped more than 4% as traders considered the ramifications of the court dispute.

As the lawsuit moves through the legal system, any prospective modifications would take years to come to pass.

Professor Rebecca Allensworth of Vanderbilt University referred to the case as “a blockbuster,” in reference to the various legal actions the Department of Justice has taken against the main digital companies. Similar claims are pending against Amazon, Google, and Meta.

Fundamentally, she explained, it was about enhancing smartphone capability and opening up the technology and software to customers and other businesses.”It’s not about breaking up Apple into small units or spinning off divisions,” she stated.A growing legal backlash against Apple has been directed towards its business practices and iOS environment.

It and Epic Games, the company behind Fortnite, are embroiled in a protracted legal dispute.

It was fined €1.8 billion (£1.5 billion) by the EU last month for violating competition regulations on music streaming.

The European Commission said that the company has stopped streaming services from telling customers about payment options available outside of the Apple app store.