{"id":66598,"date":"2024-01-05T20:51:07","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T20:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/05\/apple-might-be-the-next-big-tech-company-facing-antitrust-charges-in-the-us\/"},"modified":"2024-01-05T20:51:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T20:51:07","slug":"apple-might-be-the-next-big-tech-company-facing-antitrust-charges-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/05\/apple-might-be-the-next-big-tech-company-facing-antitrust-charges-in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple might be the next Big Tech company facing antitrust charges in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">Apple could soon be the subject of a federal antitrust lawsuit, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/01\/05\/technology\/antitrust-apple-lawsuit-us.html?partner=slack&amp;smid=sl-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to a report from <em>The New York Times<\/em><\/a>. The publication says that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) is in the \u201clate stages\u201d of an investigation into Apple and its moves to keep customers locked into its ecosystem.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">The DOJ\u2019s investigation is looking at how Apple blocks rivals from using iMessage as well as how the Apple Watch works better when used with the iPhone when compared to watches from other brands, the <em>Times<\/em> reports. Additionally, investigators are reportedly examining how Apple prevents other financial providers from using iPhone-specific payment services.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">The investigation isn\u2019t set in stone just yet, as senior DOJ officials are still reviewing the investigation\u2019s results, sources tell the <em>Times<\/em>. Apple reportedly met with the DOJ \u201cmultiple times\u201d as recently as December, but it still hasn\u2019t held a final meeting with the agency where it will have to defend its practices. The DOJ could file its lawsuit against Apple as soon as the first half of 2024, according to the <em>Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\"><em>The Verge<\/em> reached out to Apple with a request for comment but didn\u2019t immediately hear back.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/1\/5\/24027001\/apple-doj-antitrust-lawsuit-investigation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple could soon be the subject of a federal antitrust lawsuit, according to a report from The New York Times. The publication says that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) is in the \u201clate stages\u201d of an investigation into Apple and its moves to keep customers locked into its ecosystem. The DOJ\u2019s investigation is looking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":66599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-66598","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tech"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}