High prices. A border crisis. Multiple wars raging in the world with U.S. involvement. With all of these pressing things worrying Americans, the Biden administration has decided that a top priority is … messing with your iPhone?
That’s right: President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice just launched an antitrust lawsuit targeting Apple for its allegedly harmful behavior and supposed “monopoly” on smartphones. While Apple has surely done some nefarious things over the years, this lawsuit is a joke.
First, it’s all based on the idea that Apple has a “monopoly” on the smartphone market. But it doesn’t, and it’s not particularly close.
The actual data show that about 60% of smartphones in the United States have an Apple operating system — meaning that 40% do not.