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 that loyalty that we have, and that apple isn t doing that. an