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Apple has 'countless switches to flip' on anticompetitive restrictions, DOJ tells US court

By Khushita Vasant ( November 7, 2024, 06:01 GMT | Insight) -- Recent changes that Apple made to its app ecosystem could easily be reversed, reintroducing earlier anticompetitive restrictions any time it wants to, a Department of Justice attorney told a US judge today in a lawsuit targeting the iPhone maker over allegations of monopolization. Lorraine Van Kirk, representing the department’s antitrust division, argued in a New Jersey federal court that Apple made changes right before and after the agency filed the lawsuit, suggesting it could easily undo those changes once it was no longer under the spotlight of legal action.Apple could easily reverse recent changes it made to its app ecosystem, reintroducing earlier anticompetitive restrictions any time it wants to, a Department of Justice attorney told a US judge today in a lawsuit targeting the iPhone maker over allegations of monopolization....

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