Apple is once again in the news for yet another lawsuit involving possible antitrust infringement. In this most recent case, filed at the beginning of this month, Apple has been accused of engaging in the practice of “tying,” which involves the stipulation that a consumer must use one product to use another. Specifically, users of iPads and iPhones are tied to the iCloud service for storage. According to the lawsuit, given Apple’s position in the market as a monopoly, certain rules apply to the company that make it allegedly illegal for the company to tie these products together.
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