They accuse Apple of building a monopoly with the iPhone.
The suit alleges Apples changes to its rules and high fees created a degraded user experience.
If left unchallenged, Apple will only continue to strengthen its smartphone monopoly.
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Apple says the suit is wrong on the facts and the law.
It would also set a dangerous precedent, empowering government to take a heavy hand in designing peoples technology.
On the hardware side, Apple has beenfighting right-to-repair lawsso that it cankeep repairs for its products in-house.
However, the company does seem like its changing its mind on some recentright-to-repair legislation in certain states.
The Biden administration has picked multiple fights with some big companies over antitrust violations.
Microsoft was also the focus of antitrust legal action when it acquired video game publisher Activision.
Thatdeal was completed in October, but theFTC appealed that mergerin December seeking to reverse it.
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