What you need to know Apple is currently under fire by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) for running a monopoly through the iPhone and other products leaving its rivals at a competitive disadvantage.
Why the DOJ’s case against Apple has everything to do with Microsoft in the ’90s
According to the DOJ, its antitrust case against Microsoft cleared the way for Apple — then teetering on bankruptcy — to launch its breakout success: the iPod. Decades and trillions of dollars later, ...
‘Some of this… is like a ChatGPT hallucination’ — DOJ lawsuit against Apple slammed over bizarre history of iPod success
Noting Apple’s iTunes software, a key piece of the iPod’s early success, the DOJ claims that “path-clearing antitrust enforcement case, brought by the United States and state attorneys general, ...
The Government Finally Comes for Apple
It’s a surprisingly aggressive approach, with a core premise that Apple will almost certainly challenge: that the iPhone represents a “smartphone monopoly.” Where previous legal challenges have ...
I listened to my old iPod for a month, and it wasn’t the nostalgia trip I expected
Smartphones are not the only reason Gen Z is struggling, but we live in a world where teens are experiencing higher rates of depression and suicide than ever before. Still, in 2023, Americans checked ...
Read the Lawsuit Against Apple
1. Apple's fortunes changed around the time it launched the iPod in 2001. Innovative design and savvy marketing had not been enough to drive a successful business strategy. This time, the confluence ...
A month with my old iPod wasn’t the nostalgia trip I expected
In 2024, both Apple Music and Spotify Premium cost $10.99 a month for individual accounts. That's $131.88 a year, before tax, and translated to an iPod, only 102 songs at $1.29 a song, or 133 pre-2009 ...