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slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Ok, I've now read all 88 pages of the DOJ's complaint against Apple.
https://www.404media.co/us-government-antitrust-case-against-apple-documents/
IANAL, obvs, but I do know something about smartphones and browsers. A quick thread to run down the big takeaways from that perspective.
First, this is incredibly sweeping. It is not a narrow complaint, and it is not asking for narrow remedies:
Attachments:
- DOJ vs. Apple, p77, asking for relief to: "4. Enjoin Apple from continuing to engage in the anticompetitive practices described herein and from engaging in any other practices with same purpose or effect as the challenged practices, including but not limited to: a. preventing Apple from using its control of app distribution to undermine cross-platform technologies such as super apps and cloud streaming apps, among others; b. preventing Apple from using private APIs to undermine crossplatform technologies like messaging, smartwatches, and digital wallets, among others; and c. preventing Apple from using the terms and conditions of its contracts with developers, accessory makers, consumers, or others to obtain, maintain, extend, or entrench a monopoly. 5. Enter any other preliminary or permanent relief necessary and appropriate to restore competitive conditions in the markets affected by Apple’s unlawful conduct; " (remote)
