{"id":48360,"date":"2025-07-04T16:56:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T20:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=48360"},"modified":"2025-08-01T16:23:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T20:23:41","slug":"dojs-iphone-monopoly-case-moves-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/04\/dojs-iphone-monopoly-case-moves-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ&rsquo;s iPhone Monopoly Case Moves Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2025\/06\/30\/doj-apple-antitrust-case-dismissal-denied\/\">Juli Clover<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2025\/06\/30\/doj-apple-antitrust-case-dismissal-denied\/\"><p>Apple failed in its attempt to get the antitrust lawsuit that the U.S. Department of Justice filed against it dismissed, reports <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/sustainability\/boards-policy-regulation\/apple-loses-bid-dismiss-us-smartphone-monopoly-case-2025-06-30\/\">Reuters<\/a><\/em>. U.S. District Judge Julien Neals, who is overseeing the case, today denied Apple&rsquo;s motion for dismissal.<\/p><p>[&#8230;]<\/p><p>The DOJ accused Apple of a smartphone monopoly in the United States, citing Apple&rsquo;s restriction of third-party access to Apple services and features and claiming that consumers are &ldquo;locked&rdquo; into Apple&rsquo;s ecosystem. Apple argues that the DOJ is attempting to force it to spend money on enriching its competitors, and that it is not a monopolist because it faces competition from companies like Samsung and Google.<\/p><p>[&#8230;]<\/p><p>The case is unlikely to make it to trial until 2028 or even later.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/01\/brazil-recommends-sanctions-for-apple-over-app-store-and-nfc-rules\/\">Brazil Recommends Sanctions for Apple Over App Store and NFC Rules<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/30\/proton-v-apple\/\">Proton v. Apple<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/26\/open-app-markets-act-reintroduced\/\">Open App Markets Act Reintroduced<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/27\/apple-to-defend-google-revenue-sharing-agreement\/\">Apple to Defend Google Revenue Sharing Agreement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/21\/u-s-sues-apple-over-iphone-monopoly\/\">U.S. Sues Apple Over iPhone Monopoly<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p id=\"dojs-iphone-monopoly-case-moves-forward-update-2025-08-01\">Update (<a href=\"#dojs-iphone-monopoly-case-moves-forward-update-2025-08-01\">2025-08-01<\/a>): <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/07\/29\/apple-doj-lawsuit-answer-iphone\/\">Chance Miller<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/2025-07-29-Answer-dckt-295_0.pdf\">PDF<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/07\/29\/apple-doj-lawsuit-answer-iphone\/\">\n<p>Apple has <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2024\/05\/21\/apple-questions-validity-of-doj-antitrust-lawsuit-in-bid-to-dismiss-case\/\">voiced<\/a> its <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2024\/05\/02\/tim-cook-doj-antitrust-apple-misguided\/\">opposition<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2024\/03\/21\/doj-lawsuit-is-an-attempt-to-turn-the-iphone-into-android-apple-alleges\/\">case<\/a> many <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2024\/03\/21\/apple-says-doj-lawsuit-threatens-who-we-are-as-it-vows-to-vigorously-defend-against-it\/\">times<\/a> over the last year. Now, it has officially filed its answer to the DOJ&rsquo;s antitrust complaint, pushing back forcefully against the allegations.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/daringfireball.net\/linked\/2025\/07\/31\/apple-responds-to-dog\">John Gruber<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@daringfireball\/114948452051369250\">Mastodon<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/daringfireball.net\/linked\/2025\/07\/31\/apple-responds-to-dog\">\n<p>One part of Apple&rsquo;s defense that seems mostly proven already is that this industry moves fast and the competitive landscape is always changing. I&rsquo;d say three of the DOJ&rsquo;s five main arguments are already stale: Apple has since opened up cloud gaming; third-party messaging apps can now be set as default; and tap-to-pay has been opened up. And I think the other two points, on &ldquo;super apps&rdquo; and third-party connected devices like watches, are nonsense.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>The first three are thanks to the EU. I don&rsquo;t think the last two are nonsense. &ldquo;Super apps&rdquo; are limited by Apple&rsquo;s guidelines and business requirements, and the watch case seems so clear I can&rsquo;t believe it&rsquo;s in dispute.<\/p>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/19\/dma-compliance-watch-and-headphone-interoperability\/\">DMA Compliance: Watch and Headphone Interoperability<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/19\/apple-restricts-pebble-from-being-awesome-with-iphones\/\">Apple Restricts Pebble From Being Awesome With iPhones<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/05\/trying-to-bring-apple-watch-to-android\/\">Trying to Bring Apple Watch to Android<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juli Clover: Apple failed in its attempt to get the antitrust lawsuit that the U.S. Department of Justice filed against it dismissed, reports Reuters. U.S. District Judge Julien Neals, who is overseeing the case, today denied Apple&rsquo;s motion for dismissal.[&#8230;]The DOJ accused Apple of a smartphone monopoly in the United States, citing Apple&rsquo;s restriction of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2025-07-04T20:56:20Z","apple_news_api_id":"4f4c31b2-195d-45d7-86d0-75d5af835b33","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2025-08-01T20:23:44Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAg==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AT0wxshldRdeG0HXVr4NbMw","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2085,91,38,992,794,1870,140,31,2321,792,41,209,1688,1013],"class_list":["post-48360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-antitrust","tag-appstore","tag-apple","tag-apple-watch","tag-carplay","tag-department-of-justice-doj","tag-imessage","tag-ios","tag-ios-17","tag-ipod","tag-lawsuit","tag-legal","tag-near-field-communication-nfc","tag-private-api"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48360"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48738,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48360\/revisions\/48738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}