Apple Loses German Antitrust Appeal, Opening Door for Greater Controls (reuters.com) 2
An anonymous reader shares a report: Apple lost an appeal on Tuesday against a regulatory assessment that opens the iPhone maker up to stricter controls in Germany, the Federal Court of Justice ruled on Tuesday, following years of debate over the company's market position. Federal judges backed the German cartel office's 2023 designation of Apple as a "company of paramount cross-market significance for competition".
In Germany (Score:3, Funny)
US (Score:1)
âoeGoogle is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly,â - Judge Amit P. Mehta of U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia said in a 277-page ruling in August 2024.
United States v. Google LLC (2020) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]
And then there was United States v. Google LLC (2023), with closing arguments in late Nov 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org].
Let's be honest, there will be no enforcement in the US, and nothing will change, just as Microsoft still ow