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US vs. Apple: Antitrust Lawsuit Explained
The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Apple claiming that the company’s approach to the iPhone and iOS operating system stifle competition. 00:00 Intro 00:13 Case against the Apple ecosystem 00:57 Apple’s response 01:37 Echoes of 1998 Microsoft case 2:33 App store is a big focus 02:53 Focus around text messaging 04:00 Lawsuit also goes…
@shermanmak
March 21, 2024 at 8:59 pm
I’m old, I like 🫐 way more than 🍎😉😂
@chankongsun
March 21, 2024 at 9:02 pm
Lol… love Android and harmony.
@dreya2819
March 21, 2024 at 9:02 pm
People have a choice of which ecosystem they want to live in. The argument is sad. It’s like saying, I drive a ford f150, but I want to have the rivian display in my truck.
@SoCalRyan7
March 21, 2024 at 9:06 pm
Apple is a monopoly but google isn’t? I choose tho buy an iPhone, no one forced me. My car only runs one software… is that going to change too?
@m.g2944
March 21, 2024 at 9:06 pm
When you become smarter than the people who are ahead of you they get jealous. Apple hasn’t done anything wrong except do what everyone else wants to do. Be the best they can be and outsmart the rest in competition. In this case everyone wants some pie because the slice is so big it was never thought to ever exist. So sad to see.
@abhirupsingh4004
March 21, 2024 at 9:07 pm
Good finally
@gmemo4449
March 21, 2024 at 9:08 pm
But it’s garbage they are making U.S. buyers to use eSIM only, and every other county has a choice between eSIM and physical SIM card.
@Damariobros
March 21, 2024 at 9:08 pm
To downgrade an app on my iPad, I have to go through this rigamarole involving downloading an old version of iTunes, hijacking my own internet traffic to change the download request in real time, and then injecting it into my iPad with another program.
To recover a video I have on my iPad that was on an app that is no longer available on the App Store, I have to make a backup of my entire iPad and use a third-party program that has the capability to read these backups, and sift through the file system, and extract the video from protected folders, and then upload it to my iCloud and then download it BACK to my iPad.
If something happens to my iPad, and I need to reinstall iOS, I am forced to update my iOS AND all my apps to the latest version, no exceptions, AND I am forced to give up apps if they have been pulled from the App Store since I installed them, leading to potentially lost data.
If a service is cross-platform, if I want to avoid Apple’s 30% cut on a subscription or premium purchase, I have to first go to the website of the app, find their web store, make the purchase, and then sign in to my account on the app and import my purchases and subscriptions, which I cannot manage from the app.
I cannot download videos on my iPad. I have to find some workaround, a workaround which is constantly changing, but generally involves finding a downloader website which will actually give me a direct link to the video file, then finding an app which might or might not exist on the App Store at a given time and which may or may not have been patched out by Apple, that has the capability to download videos from a direct link and then export them to my Photos app.
My ability to listen to music is limited. Everything on iTunes is monetized, and it is hard to find third-party apps which let me download music from other sources. If I want to upload my own music to my Music app, I am forced to give up the music I may already have on iTunes. Third-party apps that can download and play music not on iTunes may or may not exist on the App Store. Apple plays whack-a-mole trying to get rid of them.
I cannot play all the games I want to on my iPad. The App Store is filled with scams and fake games and every iteration of every app on the entire App Store that has ads are filled with fake ads for fake games and scams. I have to sift through the garbage to find the ever-shrinking number of good games that are still on the App Store. I cannot download the games I want because Apple forbids it.
Why not just let me use the versions of apps I want to?
Why lock me out of MY OWN VIDEOS because the app got pulled or region-locked on the App Store?
Why not let me repair my iPad without shoehorning me into the latest version without my consent?
Why not let me just purchase my stuff from the apps I love without jacking up the price by 30% and without forcing me to manage it from the app and only from the app?
Why not just let me download videos I want to watch offline?
Why not let me listen to the music I want to?
Why not let me play the games I want to play?
The answer is that it would threaten Apple’s monopoly.
@cdot.8492
March 21, 2024 at 9:09 pm
hear me out. on your apple laptop your not forced to used apple pay. but on your iphone you can pay with card directly to any food or physical product company app like amazon. but say a competitive software like epic games they can force them funnel money through apple pay/app store is kinda bs especially knowing epic spends money on outside card processing already. apple tax. why else would they take the liability of other card processing if it doesnt benefit them. third party apps sell the phone you dont only use apple apps. if they pick and choose the companies who need privacy on their platform thats not privacy. also you can download external programs on your mac but not your iphone because of the app store rule???? privacy yes, but also more money for them.
@mementomori29231
March 21, 2024 at 9:11 pm
Finally. Apple needs to be made unrotten.
@Bella_Malk
March 21, 2024 at 9:12 pm
I’ll take the gov seriously when they give the same hard look to google
@elementneon
March 21, 2024 at 9:14 pm
Even speaking as a NON-Apple Fanboy I can say this lawsuit is outright B.S.. The U.S. government, claiming Apple’s platform makes things LESS secure than what they want? Insane considering we all know they have been pushing for government access backdoors in the software for years now. The U.S. government would love nothing more than to have a much less secure Apple ecosystem, in fact, would any of us be surprised if this whole lawsuit is an effort to try to force backdoor access in exchange for allowing them to operate within the United States, similar to how Microsoft changed with each iteration following their loss of the antitrust lawsuit?
@odin346
March 21, 2024 at 9:15 pm
Like the Green Bubbles. Tells me they got a crappy Android phone
Gov stay out of my tech
@heyaisdabomb
March 21, 2024 at 9:17 pm
PG&E is a monopoly, not Apple. We have no choice but to pay the 25% rate hike this year so far, with another 13% coming in September for 38% in 1 year. How are we (the Bay Area) going to power the development of our tech with these outrageous electricity prices? over 60 cents per kwh now…
@adrianconstantin1132
March 21, 2024 at 9:17 pm
This should have been done 10 years ago
@adrianconstantin1132
March 21, 2024 at 9:20 pm
How about allowing other appstores without Apple dictating their own rules about how the stores (and their apps) should work ?
@drenathor
March 21, 2024 at 9:21 pm
It’s almost like Android doesn’t exist and people have no alternatives and are being forced against their will to buy iphones… people know all of this when they buy into the apple eco system. Or does the government think that consumers arn’t capable of making their own intelligent choices? Wait… forget I said that. It’s the US government… of course they think that. Nevermind.
@MikhailJ
March 21, 2024 at 9:26 pm
This is what I’m thinking right now with people saying they’re apple users and find things annoying when they could just buy a android phone
@lionkingofthejungle
March 21, 2024 at 9:21 pm
As an iOS developer i’d say Apple is definitely a monopoly. They prevent anyone from hosting app store and charge developers exorbitant fees… any transaction on iPhone MUST use apple payment system and apple charges 30% fee or app is rejected from app store. They do this of course not because they’re greedy but for safety and security of their customers. Lately they started building apps like Journaling, Fitness, Freeform, Notes which will kill other apps in the those categories. Startups spend lots of money on customer acquisition, apple just pre-installs apps with iOS and yes they also control search in App Store… there’s simply no way anyone would be able to compete. I think the greatest threat to apple is not antitrust lawsuit, they will find corrupt officials to resolve this, the biggest problem is developers will stop building great apps and will move to different platforms.
@tenslider6722
March 21, 2024 at 9:23 pm
GoogleMap should be next.
@pharaohcaesar
March 21, 2024 at 9:23 pm
Smart phones should generally become cheaper over time just like the calculator. But Apple doesn’t want to sell their phones at cheaper prices so they do these tactics to force people to purchase their phones at very high prices. With the tech as it is now all smart phones should be selling for less than $500 because tech always gets cheaper over time and there isn’t much of a way to make a better smart phone so the sales price should steadily drop but that is not the case with Apple phones because of these tactics. Eventually all smart phones should be selling for less than $200 because that’s the way tech works. So Apples competition understands this so they are selling smart phones at cheaper prices making Apple phones look ridiculously expensive so Apple puts in these measures to try and protect their ability to sell smart phones at exorbitant prices. That is Apple’s obvious motivation for doing this so the government needs to focus on that point to explain why Apple is acting this way to convince the court. If the DOJ is successful Apple will be forced to sell their phones at more competitive prices which is good for the consumer. Apple will go the way of Betamax if they don’t get their act together.
@NinjaKiller1022
March 21, 2024 at 9:23 pm
The government is always trying to put their hangs in everything. Also, if you want the Android experience, go with Android. If you want the Apple experience, go with them. Quit trying to get Apple to change. If the gets their way, they better go after all the other Android Phone makers and make it to where it’s the same standards. I want the Apple experience on my Samsung Galaxy 23 Ultra right meow!!!!!! 😂
@reonalfa1562
March 21, 2024 at 9:24 pm
Abuse workers, + Monopolies
@tarawibowo
March 21, 2024 at 9:25 pm
Well its about time, its starting to get boring in Apple ecosystem nowadays, no meaningful innovation in apps.
@redgeciccone8218
March 21, 2024 at 9:26 pm
She’s so beautifull
@KazrBrekker
March 21, 2024 at 9:27 pm
Much needed
@dominicanyor6590
March 22, 2024 at 5:27 pm
Sounds like the government wants more control..
@spadaacca
March 22, 2024 at 5:28 pm
I use an orange. What about me?
@lockdown11b
March 22, 2024 at 5:35 pm
Lol, it doesn’t make the iPhone a better experience, it makes it the only experience!
@susanrice5639
March 22, 2024 at 5:37 pm
Apple is not thinking low income people
@dlebman
March 22, 2024 at 5:41 pm
Garland is an idiot. We like that the Apple ecosystem is locked down. Keeps it more secure!
@bibekacharya5928
March 22, 2024 at 5:50 pm
People used Chrome and Firefox instead of Internet explorer, now Edge has improved a lot. Competitors make the company do better. There are many better accessories manufacturers, who make products better than what Apple or Samsung does.
@jbianco2112
March 22, 2024 at 5:50 pm
This lawsuit is bullshet, Apple is a private company, if you don’t like it, go and buy an Android
@hassanshariff
March 22, 2024 at 5:52 pm
This is how we got Google Chrome we would all still be stuck with I.E.
@kitmarshall4084
March 22, 2024 at 6:18 pm
imessage is a stretch, but apple anti repair should be brought up. also why isnt PG&E hit with an anti-trust lawsuit, the have an monopoly as well, i don’t see any other companies delivering electricity.
@cyanideceloras
March 22, 2024 at 6:18 pm
💀💀 it’s not gonna hinder anything they can still operate the same just a little more open
@PlainHotAir
March 22, 2024 at 6:43 pm
Apple needs to be scrubbed, cleaned and peeled properly. Time they did it.
@terranceblount5959
March 22, 2024 at 7:08 pm
All I can say is as a consumer, I have choices. Two to be exact. And I CHOSE the walled garden. My Android friends use what they use and we connect by other means. Apple is popular for a reason and NO OTHER COMPANY has gotten the seamless experience right. Making Apple like everyone else takes away MY CHOICE of what I view is a better experience.
I will say the DOJ is onto something if Apple charges 30% to developers in which they compete. However, let me make something clear. I rather pay an extra fee for a better, cleaner experience than that I see on Android.
@Zealor365
March 22, 2024 at 7:11 pm
What about just Democrat and Republican parties? Monopoly!
@stuvius
March 22, 2024 at 7:11 pm
If apple watch starts working with Android I will probably get one
@peterting73
March 22, 2024 at 7:20 pm
I just want cheaper prices😂
@ghostmandka5498
March 22, 2024 at 7:28 pm
We use Apple products because they work and work well. And they work with all of their products seamlessly. Start this crap of forcing Apple to ensure the same experience with other manufacturers and you’re just asking for it to quit working.
@KelvinF
March 22, 2024 at 7:35 pm
I always get impressed on how powerful Apple is. I mean, “restricting” some of its products/services only for its people could be a very risky move, because people would leave the brand completely, not just a product, if not satisfied!!
BUT
What happens is really the opposite!!
People do stay because they simply love it!
I know it might be hard to some 60 years old people to understand.
PS.: I understand when it comes to the developer side, Apple might have come a little heavy, but when it comes to ecosystem is really what I said before. ⬆
@beachbumsailordude
March 22, 2024 at 7:46 pm
People keep buyint the Apple products as competitors products surpass Apple’s. It’s only a matter of time before the IPhone goes the way of the SONY Walkman.
@pher8902
March 22, 2024 at 7:58 pm
Imo the I message thing is the weakest example they brought up.
The Apple Pay, the Apple Watch both seem like more logical problems.
The same thing with the apps store. I really should be able to buy an app on iPhone and use it on android if it’s in the future.
@robertvazquez2964
March 22, 2024 at 8:10 pm
Apple fans still gonna buy Apple products
@benoitcloutier8803
March 22, 2024 at 8:25 pm
How dare you apple! Why don’t you spend loads of money to make your products compatible with the competition! Seriously, they could fix the messaging thing and let sideloading available.
@te-xt_on_te-legramYTCNET
March 22, 2024 at 8:44 pm
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@AEducationTX
March 22, 2024 at 8:54 pm
Doesn’t Android and Google have the same concept of keeping people on their ecosystems? Isn’t Android have more of the market than Apple. This is just dumb.
@AEducationTX
March 22, 2024 at 8:59 pm
Say it with me! Ticketmaster!!!!!
@steps9040
March 22, 2024 at 9:00 pm
Omg. r u _ me? Now their inciting phone extremist.
@rhinolimes
March 22, 2024 at 9:13 pm
Just ask ppl stop buying apple products! Like me I was using androids for decades and windows! But I stop using this android phone because of its quality … who really cares actually? There is no free lunch in the world! 😂 No body put a gun on your forehead to force you buy any product 😉