Last month, the Justice Department charged tech giant Apple with serious antitrust violations related to the iPhone. It’s a relatively aggressive suit — but likely an inadequate response to Apple’s outsize power.

Last month, the Justice Department charged tech giant Apple with serious antitrust violations related to the iPhone. It’s a relatively aggressive suit — but likely an inadequate response to Apple’s outsize power.

  • Kindness@lemmy.ml
    1·
    8 months ago

    Apple grosses between 150b and 170b annually.

    Demanding they pay more than they make in a year would lead to a 3 trillion dollar company going to war against their government. And not just a court battle. We are nearing the point at which corporations can contest with governments.

    Imagine the entire next generation being brainwashed into disrupting supply chains. Gen Z children sabotaging transportation routes, physically protesting, because their status symbol told them the government was corrupt.

    Could the USA take Apple? Yes. But that’s a fight they’d be wise to not incite.

        • Kindness@lemmy.ml
          2·
          7 months ago

          Exactly. Apple is literally half of the US government’s current propaganda conduit.

          Not to mention, if you’ve got even 1 billion USD to burn, you can hire one heck of a merc. group.