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Originally Posted by bminata
Apple is CLEARLY ANTI COMPETITIVE NOW, and has been for sometime. Yet we never heard any complaints. None that reaches the DOJ anyway :P
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Actually, "we"
have heard complaints, and they did reach the DOJ:
Here are just a few:
2011:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...669475800.html
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The Justice Department and the FTC are both interested in examining whether Apple is running afoul of U.S. antitrust laws by funneling media companies' customers into the payment system for its iTunes store—and taking a 30% cut, the people familiar with the situation said. The agencies both enforce federal antitrust laws and would have to decide which one of them would take the lead in the matter
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2010:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/26/te...y/26apple.html
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The Justice Department is examining Apple’s tactics in the market for digital music, and its staff members have talked to major music labels and Internet music companies, according to several people briefed on the conversations.
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2009:
http://www.businessinsider.com/henry...-iphone-2009-7
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In recent weeks lawmakers and regulators have raised questions about deals such as AT&T's exclusive right to provide service for Apple Inc.'s popular iPhone in the U.S.
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