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Beeper vs Apple battle intensifies: Lawmakers demand DOJ investigation - Android Authority (www.androidauthority.com)
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US senators have urged the DOJ to probe Apple's alleged anti-competitive conduct against Beeper.

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[–] holdthecheese@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

You can argue that they're unfairly using monopoly power. Same reason why MS was forced to allow windows to switch browsers.

[–] whofearsthenight@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago

Monopoly on what?

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca -1 points 10 months ago

How would you argue that? There’s plenty of other options and iMessage falls back to MMS, which all phones are capable of.