Re: Apple inflated the cost of its products through anticompetitive conduct

Your Name wrote:

In the end, it will up to the judge to decide who is telling the truth.

 If a moronic judge decides this idiotic court case in the US DOJ's favour, then pretty much every company on the planet is going to stop bothering to do anything because they won't be able to protect their own ideas - why waste billions of dollars trying to develop something when every other lazy fool will be able to simply cash-in?

The DOJ is clearly alleging that Apple lied about their restrictions.
Apple will just as clearly allege they didn't lie about them.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general-merrick-b-garland-delivers-remarks-lawsuit-against-apple-monopolizing
"Having monopoly power does not itself violate the antitrust laws.
But it does when a firm acquires or maintains monopoly power - not because it has a superior product or superior business acumen - but by engaging in exclusionary conduct.
As set out in our complaint, Apple has maintained its power not because of its superiority, but because of its unlawful exclusionary behavior.
Monopolies like Apple's threaten the free and fair markets upon which our economy is based. They stifle innovation; they hurt producers and workers; and they increase costs for consumers. If left unchallenged, Apple will only continue to strengthen its smartphone monopoly.
But there's a law for that.
The Justice Department will vigorously enforce antitrust law.
Enforcing the law protects consumers from higher prices & fewer choices."
As always, it will be up to the judge to decide, where I think the judge
will decide in favor of Apple unless a "smoking gun" is found that proves
Apple lied (as it happened in the original Epic case with Apple emails).
 

It will be the brainless idiots in the US DOJ who end up "restricting innovation and competition". At the basic level they're trying to end copyright and trademark laws. As I said, they have zero understanding of business and the tech industry.  :-\

It will be up to either side, the DOJ or Apple, to prove to the judge that
either the DOJ is correct or that Apple is correct on why there's no
integration with competitive products in Apple's App Store today.
Below is what the DOJ said about their recent Sherman Act legal case.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-apple-monopolizing-smartphone-markets
"'For years, Apple responded to competitive threats by imposing a series of
'Whac-A-Mole' contractual rules and restrictions that have allowed Apple to
extract higher prices from consumers, impose higher fees on developers and
creators, and to throttle competitive alternatives from rival
technologies,' said Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter of the
Justice Department's Antitrust Division. 'Today's lawsuit seeks to hold
Apple accountable and ensure it cannot deploy the same, unlawful playbook
in other vital markets.'"
I suspect Apple will win this one unless a "smoking gun" is found when they
depose the Apple executives (such as the one found during the Epic case).