and that much profit, as well as so many customers, tends to attract the attention of government officials. and now the us department ofjustice, along with 16 different states, has filed a lawsuit against apple. apple charges as much as nearly $1600 for an iphone. but as our complaint alleges, apple has maintained monopoly power in the smartphone market not simply by staying ahead of the competition on the merits, but by violating federal anti trust law. it accuses the company of blocking rival tech firms from accessing hardware and software features on the iphone, thus gaining an unfair dominance of the smartphone market. apple denies the accusations, saying in a statement. leaving apple and the us government heading for a lengthy argument in court over whether the tech giant is protecting its customers or making it difficult for them to leave. even very popular companies that make stuff that we care about have to compete for that loyalty that we have, and apple isn t doing
the most successful companies. last year sales ofjust iphone made it more than £150 billion in revenues. that much profit, as well as so many customers, tends to attract the attention of government officials. and now the us department ofjustice, along with 16 different states, has filed a lawsuit against apple. apple as much as $1,600 for an iphone as our complaint alleges, apple has maintained a monopoly power in the smartphone market not simply by staying ahead of the competition on the merits, but by violating federal antitrust law. it accuses the company of accessing rival hardware and software features on the iphone. that s gaining an unfair dominance of the market. apple denies the accusations, saying in a statement. leaving apple in the us government headed for a lengthy argument in court over whether the tech giant is protecting its customers or making it difficult for them to leave. even very popular companies that make stuff that we care about have to compete for t
idea that it has an ecosystem that is tightly controlled. we are seeing here lawyers from the department of justice arguing that that tight control is hindering innovation and hurting rivals by keeping them out, and also limiting the choice of consumers. this will play out over the next couple of years. meantime, tim cook is busy in shanghai, where he has been opening up the company s second largest or in the world. that is a crucial market for the company and in the first six weeks of this year, they have seen a 24% drop in iphone sales. it is a challenging time for this company and i have a lot of fires to put out right now. i want to switch tax lightly because donald trump could be in line for a $3 billion payout if his company, truth social, actually merges. what is going on without? , , ., ., without? this is the social media com an without? this is the social media company that without? this is the social media company that he without? this is the social media compa
become more common with ukraine striking deeper into the peninsula. the novocherkassk would have almost certainly been loaded with either soldiers, hardware, or both. its loss will hamper russia s ability to supply troops further north, as well as further weaken its naval dominance in the black sea. what attacks like these have yet to do is apply enough pressure on moscow for it to surrender ukrainian territory it has taken. but for ukraine, for president zelensky, it is a welcome announcement against a backdrop of waning western support. it s already affecting ukraine s front line operations. and that s helping russia, with the capture of mariinka in the east. moscow calls the devouring of this town liberation. translation: the main focus was to disrupt the ukrainian i counteroffensive, which was announced by ukraine and its nato allies. this task has been successfully completed. ukraine has only been able to liberate a few kilometres of its territory, and the head of its ar
become more common with ukraine striking deeper into the peninsula. the novocherkassk would have almost certainly been loaded with either soldiers, hardware, or both. its loss will hamper russia s ability to supply troops further north, as well as further weaken its naval dominance in the black sea. what attacks like these have yet to do is apply enough pressure on moscow for it to surrender ukrainian territory it has taken. but for ukraine, for president zelensky, it is a welcome announcement against a backdrop of waning western support. it s already affecting ukraine s frontline operations. and that s helping russia, with the capture of mariinka in the east. moscow calls the devouring of this town liberation. translation: the main focus was to disrupt the ukrainian i counteroffensive which was announced by ukraine and its nato allies. this task has been successfully completed. ukraine has only been able to liberate a few kilometres of its territory, and the head of its arme