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The lock-in problem at the heart of the Apple monopoly lawsuit (www.theverge.com)
submitted 11 months ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/10657352

The lock-in problem at the heart of the Apple monopoly lawsuit

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[–] pastabatman@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago

I don't understand why people are still buying Apple products.

That's what the article and lawsuit are addressing. Apple deliberately uses tactics meant to lock users into the Apple ecosystem and create artificial barriers to switching to competing devices and services.