The lawsuit caps years of regulatory scrutiny of Apple’s wildly popular suite of devices and services, which have fueled its growth into a nearly $3 trillion public company.
The lawsuit caps years of regulatory scrutiny of Apple’s wildly popular suite of devices and services, which have fueled its growth into a nearly $3 trillion public company.
Into what? I’d be interested in that. Really depends on the granularity of the break up. If it’s just iPhone company + mac company + smartwatch company + chip company + … , then it’ll still have the iPhone as it’s core money maker. Breaking it up into a payment processor, app store, and other stuff to make the iPhone a more open device, maybe that’d help.
In any case, about time the US actually steps into the ring.
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Separating software and hardware would be a good start. Though that may be a big ask as that’s been Apple’s schtick from the start. But seeing as it’s a big part of Apple’s anticompetitive practices, not outrageous.