The US Department of Justice and 16 state and district attorneys general accused Apple of operating an illegal monopoly in the smartphone market in a new antitrust lawsuit. The DOJ and states are accusing Apple of driving up prices for consumers and developers at the expense of making users more reliant on its iPhones.

  • @SulaymanF@lemmy.world
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    88 months ago

    That’s not Apple, that’s the free market. Samsung touted wired headphones and a headphone jack and the market still showed they wanted wireless.

    • @Raiderkev@lemmy.world
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      278 months ago

      But we had wireless headphones already. The choice to have both was nice. Not being able to charge and use headphones sucks. Also tiny e waste pods with tiny non recyclable batteries are terrible for the environment compared to a wired pair when thrown in a landfill.

    • prole
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      88 months ago

      and the market still showed they wanted wireless

      Or maybe people just need phones and there are only like 3 actual options.

      • @SulaymanF@lemmy.world
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        28 months ago

        That’s simply not true. Have you been in a mobile phone store recently? There’s far more than 3 brands of phone let alone 3 models per brand.