US sues Apple, alleging it illegally monopolized the smartphone market

[Kent Sharkey]

Ars Technica[^]:

Justice Department files major antitrust lawsuit against iPhone maker.

iLawsuit

[obermd]

Really bad headline. The suit isn't about the iPhone but rather the walled application garden Apple has erected around the iPhone.

[Kent Sharkey]

Isn't that still the "smartphone market"?

TTFN - Kent

[Joe Woodbury]

I don't like Apple but can't figure out how having ~25% market share is a monopoly.

[Kent Sharkey]

No one felt like suing Samsung? It’s mostly due to the store, rather than the phones…sorry, iPhones.

TTFN - Kent

[Joe Woodbury]

The solution is to have the government run the store and set prices. (Sarcasm emoji)

[MarkTJohnson]

That, and Apple won't give the Gov't a backdoor.

I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated. I’m begging you for the benefit of everyone, don’t be STUPID.

[enhzflep]

Sure, provided you consider both Lowes & also Bed, Bath & Beyond part of the "housing market".

[obermd]

Not for anyone using an Android phone.

[Kent Sharkey]

Well then, I sit corrected. Let me know how it goes when you complain to the headline writer over at Ars Technica. ;P

TTFN - Kent

[Gary Wheeler]

Kent Sharkey wrote:

Let me know how it goes when you complain to the headline writer over at Ars Technica

I sense a story, or at least some gossip. Do tell.

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