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Macintosh News => iPhone/iPod/iPad News => Topic started by: HCK on December 31, 2023, 04:05:14 pm



Title: Department of Justice investigating Apple blocking Beeper; FTC too
Post by: HCK on December 31, 2023, 04:05:14 pm
Department of Justice investigating Apple blocking Beeper; FTC too

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/12/DOJ-investigating-Apple-blocking-Beeper.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600)</div><p>The Department of Justice (DOJ) is carrying out at least a preliminary <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/antitrust/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">antitrust[/url] investigation into <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/aapl/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Apple[/url] blocking Beeper, the unofficial app which gave <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/android/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Android[/url] users access to <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/imessage/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">iMessage[/url]. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) also appears to be “evaluating” Apple’s actions.</p>



<p>Today’s report follows <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2023/12/18/beeper-mini-broken-antitrust/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">a call for a DOJ investigation[/url] by a bipartisan group of senators, and Bleeper’s announcement that it has now given up any hope of keeping the app working … </p>



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Source: Department of Justice investigating Apple blocking Beeper; FTC too (https://9to5mac.com/2023/12/22/apple-blocking-beeper-doj-ftc/)