The U.S. Division of Justice is suing Apple over allegedly monopolistic smartphone practices. The federal company is just not alone within the matter, bringing 15 states and the District of Columbia into the combination as properly. Apple, as you may think, disputes the allegations.

Potential impacts are myriad, from shopper messaging to smartphones to good watches. And whereas there are various critics of the DoJ’s go well with — TechCrunch has a little historic lesson right here, for instance — the Coalition for App Equity, which counts Epic and Spotify amongst different corporations on its roster, is giving it a thumbs up.

Regulators and tech corporations, title a extra iconic duo. Immediately we’re seeing regulatory our bodies around the globe look to implement their view of market competitors guidelines that will, or might not come up trumps in opposition to tech giants. However as we’re about to see with Apple, huge tech corporations aren’t going to go down with no struggle. Hit play, let’s speak about it!

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