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Subject: Re: Apple inflated the cost of its products through anticompetitive conduct
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 11:35:50 +1300
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On 2024-03-26 12:05:40 +0000, badgolferman said:
> Your Name wrote:
>> On 2024-03-26 06:35:58 +0000, Enrico Papaloma said:
>>> 
>>> At least three proposed class actions have been filed since Friday
>>> in California and New Jersey federal courts by iPhone owners who
>>> claim Apple inflated the cost of its products through
>>> anticompetitive conduct.
>>> 
>>> The lawsuits, seeking to represent millions of consumers, mirror the
>>> Justice Department's claims that Apple violated U.S. antitrust law
>>> by suppressing technology for messaging apps, digital wallets and
>>> other items that would have increased competition in the market for
>>> smartphones.
>>> 
>>> https://www.reuters.com/technology/consumers-sue-apple-taking-page-u
>>> s-justice-department-lawsuit-2024-03-25/
>> 
>> Oh dear, even more greedy brainless morons jumping on the bandwagon.
>> :-(
>> 
>> If you don't like the Apple products, simply go and buy Microsoft,
>> Android, etc. products instead. There's a massive array of other
>> choices for the dumbasses to use.
> 
> Are there realistic alternatives to Apple Pay or iMessage?  Samsung Pay
> or Google Pay are not accepted by most vendors that accept Apple Pay.

It's not even remotely Apple's fault that those other companies 
products are near useless. That's why most people use Apple in the 
first place - "it just works".

If those other products and services aren't working properly, then go 
complain to Samsung, Google, etc., or if you're American you can sue 
those companies.