{"id":13807,"date":"2024-03-21T15:38:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T14:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/21\/us-accuses-apple-of-monopolizing-smartphone-market-in-sweeping-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2024-03-21T15:38:02","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T14:38:02","slug":"us-accuses-apple-of-monopolizing-smartphone-market-in-sweeping-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/21\/us-accuses-apple-of-monopolizing-smartphone-market-in-sweeping-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"US accuses Apple of monopolizing smartphone market in sweeping lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Justice department lawsuit alleges tech giant illegally prevented competition by restricting access to its software and hardware<\/p>\n<p>The US government on Thursday filed a sprawling antitrust case against Apple, alleging that the tech giant has illegally prevented competition by restricting access to its software and hardware. The case is a direct challenge to the company\u2019s core products and practices, including its iMessage service and how devices such as the iPhone and Apple Watch connect with one another.<\/p>\n<p>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 \u201cengage in a broad, sustained, and illegal course of conduct\u201d, the Associated Press reported.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2024\/mar\/21\/us-antitrust-lawsuit-apple\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/814b236505dc3fdbf27cbdb13dbc3a56978467e4\/442_233_2558_1535\/master\/2558.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=ff69d6c257788770fae73e7a4349f9cb\" title=\"US accuses Apple of monopolizing smartphone market in sweeping lawsuit\" \/>Justice department lawsuit alleges tech giant illegally prevented competition by restricting access to its software and hardware<br \/>\nThe US government on Thursday filed a sprawling antitrust case against Apple, alleging that the tech giant has illegally prevented competition by restricting access to its software and hardware. The case is a direct challenge to the company\u2019s core products and practices, including its iMessage service and how devices such as the iPhone and Apple Watch connect with one another.<br \/>\nThe 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 \u201cengage in a broad, sustained, and illegal course of conduct\u201d, the Associated Press reported. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justice department lawsuit alleges tech giant illegally prevented competition by restricting access to its software and hardware The US government on Thursday filed a sprawling antitrust case against Apple, alleging that the tech giant has illegally prevented competition by restricting access to its software and hardware. The case is a direct challenge to the company\u2019s &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/21\/us-accuses-apple-of-monopolizing-smartphone-market-in-sweeping-lawsuit\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">US accuses Apple of monopolizing smartphone market in sweeping lawsuit<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":13808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13807"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}