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Apple says plaintiffs' amended US antitrust claims over 'walled garden' still fail

( October 7, 2025, 22:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Apple asked a US federal judge to dismiss amended US antitrust claims accusing it of erecting technological, psychological and expense barriers that make it difficult for consumers to leave its platform and purchase non-Apple devices, arguing that the plaintiffs fail to meet their burden. “Plaintiffs try in vain to invent competing theories about how Apple supposedly charges monopoly prices, but today’s iPhone 17 is light years ahead of the first model and yet, adjusted for inflation, costs about the same. Apple’s products are popular by force of excellence, not force of exclusion,” it argued.See attached file. ...

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