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Title: DOJ antitrust lawsuit complains that iPhones are cool, says lawyer
Post by: HCK on March 30, 2024, 04:05:09 pm
DOJ antitrust lawsuit complains that iPhones are cool, says lawyer

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/03/DOJ-antitrust-lawsuit-complains-that-iPhones-are-cool-says-lawyer.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600)</div><p>One element of <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2024/03/21/doj-sues-apple-full-lawsuit-document-here/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">the DOJ antitrust lawsuit[/url] against <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/aapl/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Apple[/url] addresses <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/imessage/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">iMessage[/url], and Apple’s decision to keep the app exclusive to iPhone. But it goes further than arguing that this is anti-competitive, and attacks the use of green chat bubbles for Android users as creating “social stigma.”</p>



<p>A lawyer commenting on this claim says that it effectively amounts to the Department of Justice complaining that people think the iPhone is cooler than Android phones … </p>



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