Apple asks a US court to dismiss the Department of Justice’s antitrust lawsuit

Apple turned to a US court and asked it to dismiss the complaint filed by the Department of Justice and 15 other states.

The court is expected to respond to this letter within the next 7 days.

For context: in March 2024, a lawsuit was filed against Apple, accusing it of monopolizing the smartphone industry and intentionally harming smaller companies.

On Tuesday, Apple announced that it plans to appeal to a US judge dismiss a lawsuit brought against him by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and 15 other states in March. The lawsuit alleged that the iPhone maker monopolized the market and intentionally harmed the growth of smaller rivals.

In response to the same concern, the company has already sent a letter to U.S. District Judge Julien X Neals stating that the company’s work ethic is far from monopolistic and that it faces stiff competition from other companies.

The complaint also states this Apple raises prices to which the company responded that it had the ability to “charge supra-competitive prices or limit production in alleged smartphone markets.”

Another reason why Apple has requested that this lawsuit be dismissed is that the entire the case hinges on new “antitrust liability” which no court has ever recognized. In short, the company is trying to say that this case is baseless.

The court is expected to do so respond to this letter within 7 days.

What is the lawsuit about?

In March, the Department of Justice dismissed several complaints against Apple. It was accused of charging too high fees and making the highest profits compared to all its competitors, imposing various hidden fees on its business partners, and so on.

Here are some important allegations against Apple and its business strategy

It makes that it is difficult to connect third-party smartwatches to Apple devices. Thus, many users are forced to purchase an Apple smartwatch.

He was also accused of intentionally harming music streaming apps through manipulating their reviews. Apparently, the company believes that since music apps don’t track time, they’re not beneficial to it.

Speaking of the Apple App Store, third-party developers are subject to much stricter rules and are written in a way that makes it difficult for them to leave the platform.

Staying on the platform is also not a good alternative, because then this is what happens are subject to higher platform feesinsufficient resources and poor security, which in turn affects the user experience.

This complicates the process of using tap-to-pay technology at another bank, forcing users to switch to Apple Pay. Thanks to this one simple trick, the company has already made billions in processing fees.

Apple has also been accused of stoking the technology “The Apple vs. Android Debate” displaying messages sent by Android in a green bubble. This is a clear distinction between Apple users and Android users, and over time, it has been exploited by iPhone lovers to make Android users seem inferior.

Already then, Apple clearly expressed its dissatisfaction with the lawsuit.

The company said this case undermines everything that makes Apple unique and different in the market, and if successful, would forever change the quality of service Apple can provide to its users.

Moreover, he also warned that this lawsuit will be pave the way for too much government control over design rights that will stifle innovation in the future.

In March, the company promised to do just that go to trial if necessary and defend himself against him with everything he has. It looks like he’s staying true to his words.

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