Green bubbles, Apple Pay and other reasons why America says Apple is breaking the law
CNN
“Buy your mom an iPhone,” Apple CEO Tim Cook said at a 2022 conference, when a reporter said her mother couldn’t see the videos she texted to her mom’s Android phone.
“Buy your mom an iPhone.” That was Apple CEO Tim Cook’s famous response at Vox’s 2022 Code Conference, when a reporter complained that her mother couldn’t see the videos she texted to her mom’s Android phone because they were grainy and slow. It’s also a quip that US Attorney General Merrick Garland quoted – and sharply criticized – Thursday at a press conference announcing the Justice Department’s landmark antitrust lawsuit against Apple, in which the Biden administration and 16 states allege Apple is illegally abusing the iPhone’s monopoly power in the smartphone market. The massive lawsuit against one of the world’s largest companies claims Apple is breaking the law by carefully curating its app store and customer experience, designed to lure customers in and keep them buying Apple products and services – to the exclusion of competitors. Apple, in a statement, said it disagreed with the lawsuit and would fight it vigorously. “This lawsuit threatens who we are and the principles that set Apple products apart in fiercely competitive markets,” the company said.