Why the U.S. Government Is Suing Apple

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🗓️ 25 March 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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The Department of Justice announced a landmark lawsuit against Apple, alleging that it has built a monopoly in smartphones by thwarting innovative apps and accessories that would make users less dependent on Apple’s technology. WSJ’s Tim Higgins breaks down the lawsuit and what it could mean for the company and its CEO Tim Cook. Further Reading: - Ghost of Microsoft Stalks Apple as DOJ Takes Its Shot - Monopoly Case Pits Justice Department Against Apple’s Antitrust Winning Streak Further Listening: - One Company’s Quest to Burst Apple’s Blue Bubble Texts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	A few years ago, Apple CEO Tim Cook was on stage at a major tech conference.
0:10.0	I heard you were busy today.
0:12.0	It was a fun day.
0:13.0	Yeah.
0:14.0	Excited.
0:15.0	While he was there, he took a question from a person in the audience.
0:19.0	It had to do with something that annoys a lot of smartphone users.
0:22.0	When someone with an iPhone
0:24.4	text someone with an Android, the quality is much worse and the text bubbles show up is
0:29.7	green. The person wanted to know whether Apple was planning to fix it.
0:35.0	And Cook had an interesting response.
0:38.0	At the time, he said the company wasn't planning to do anything about it.
0:42.0	I don't hear our users asking that we put a lot of
0:49.0	energy on that at this point.
0:53.6	And so now I would love to continue.
0:57.8	I would love to convert you to iPhone.
1:05.0	Okay. It's tough not to make it personal, but I can't see my mom in certain videos or she can't send me certain videos.
1:12.0	And so we... Buy your mom an iPhone.
1:15.0	I have interviewed Tim Cook several times over the years and I have never known him to be one who is off script or who is really
1:28.4	glib or either that particularly funny and so this moment of candidness was very unusual.
1:38.0	That's Wall Street Journal columnist Tim Higgins.
1:41.0	And I remember hearing it live and thinking to myself, wow, this is a moment that I think is going to live on.
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