The lawsuit caps years of regulatory scrutiny of Apple’s wildly popular suite of devices and services, which have fueled its growth into a nearly $3 trillion public company.
  • DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone
    516·
    8 months ago

    Isn’t that the whole point of these antitrust cases?

    Company makes a product that no one else makes. People like it and buy it. Product becomes popular. Company makes money. (That’s the reason for being in business, isn’t it?). Suddenly someone notices that the product, which no one else makes, has earned a whole lot of money for the company.

    ThAt’s nOt fAiR, tHeY’Re tOo pOpUlAr, No oNe eLsE CaN CoMpEtE, wE NeEd tO BrEaK Up tHe cOmPaNy sO We cAn gRaB A SlIcE Of tHeIr pIe!

    • makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml
      8·
      8 months ago

      That’s not what this is about. It’s about Apple controlling it so heavily, that nobody can compete. Do you see any other Tap n Pay apps other than Apple Pay, for example? Why not? Because Apple are stifling competitors, which is illegal.

      • JackGreenEarth@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        8 months ago

        There’s also Google and Samsung pay, to be fair, but it’s not open to wider competition besides the biggest brands.