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US sues Apple for illegal monopoly over smartphones (www.theverge.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 138 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (7 children)

Be prepared for a lot of hand-wringing about "security".

Apple, Microsoft, and Google all learned in the last couple years "security" shuts down any arguments, and they use it at every turn to justify whatever they want, regardless of the actual dangers or alternative mitigation methods they could take.

If our modern software security means anti-competitive behavior and user lock-in tactics are OK, then that's a problem with our security practices, and we need to reevaluate some things.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

They learned this line from the government. You can't criticise goverments after they utter the magical national security buzzwords.

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