Apple was sued by U.S. consumers after being sued by the U.S. Department of Justice for antitrust litigation

[Gearbest Technology News]Recently, Gearbest has noticed that Apple, the global technology giant, has once again fallen into antitrust controversy. After the U.S. Department of Justice launched a large-scale antitrust lawsuit against it, Apple was also subject to a class action lawsuit from consumers for allegedly monopolizing the smartphone market.

It is reported that since last Friday, iPhone users in California and New Jersey have launched at least three class-action lawsuits representing millions of consumers, pushing Apple to the forefront of the law. These consumers claimed that Apple used anti-competitive means to deliberately raise product costs and seriously harmed consumer rights.

Representatives of the plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit stated that Apple’s actions not only violated U.S. antitrust laws, but also curbed the technological development of messaging applications, digital wallets and other projects, posing a threat to healthy competition in the entire smartphone market. These accusations coincide with the Department of Justice’s previous lawsuits and further intensify the legal pressure faced by Apple.

The U.S. Department of Justice has previously accused Apple of maintaining its market monopoly through a series of measures, including restricting the development of “super apps,” suppressing mobile cloud streaming services, reducing the quality of cross-platform messages, and weakening the functions of non-Apple smartwatches. The Justice Department has not even ruled out breaking up Apple to resolve monopoly issues.

While facing prosecution by the Department of Justice, Apple's market value has also been severely impacted. Affected by related prosecutions, Apple's market value evaporated by about 800 billion yuan in just a few days, and investor confidence suffered a heavy blow. Apple has denied the government's accusations and insisted that its actions complied with regulatory requirements.

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