DOJ Sues Apple for iPhone Monopoly Maintained Through Ecosystem Lock-In and Developer Restrictions

The Department of Justice, joined by 16 state attorneys general, filed a comprehensive antitrust lawsuit against Apple alleging the company illegally monopolizes smartphone markets through a systematic strategy of ecosystem lock-in, developer restrictions, and suppression of “super apps” …

DOJ Sues Google for Search Monopoly Through Exclusionary Contracts

On October 20, 2020, the United States Department of Justice, joined by eleven state Attorneys General, filed a landmark antitrust lawsuit against Google LLC for illegally monopolizing search and search advertising markets. The case represented the federal government’s most significant …

Epic Games Sues Apple Over App Store Monopoly and 30% Commission Tax on Developers

-the-story-so-far date: ‘2020-08-23’ outlet: AppleInsider tier: 2

• title: Epic Games v. Apple url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Games_v._Apple date: ‘2024-11-01’ outlet: Wikipedia tier: 2 tags:
• antitrust
• apple
• app-store
• epic-games
• monopoly
• regulatory-capture …

FBI Orders Apple to Break iPhone Encryption in San Bernardino Case

A federal magistrate judge ordered Apple to create special software to bypass security features on an iPhone 5C used by San Bernardino terrorist Syed Rizwan Farook, triggering the most public battle over encryption in U.S. history. The FBI sought to unlock the device after the December 2015 attack …

Apple Announces iOS 8 Encryption Makes iPhones Unlockable Even by Apple

Apple announced that iOS 8 implements encryption so strong that the company itself cannot unlock iPhones or iPads, even when presented with a valid search warrant. This represented a dramatic escalation in the encryption debate and a direct response to NSA surveillance revelations, fundamentally …