--- title: The DOJ Files Lawsuit Against Apple Over iPhone Monopoly... description: U.S. Justice Department sues Apple over smartphone monopoly, messaging security, and disadvantage for Android users in iMessage. canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-doj-files-lawsuit-against-apple-over-iphone-monopoly-claims-tsvt9wdtt twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The DOJ Files Lawsuit Against Apple Over iPhone Monopoly Claims | daily.dev og:description: U.S. Justice Department sues Apple over smartphone monopoly, messaging security, and disadvantage for Android users in iMessage. og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-doj-files-lawsuit-against-apple-over-iphone-monopoly-claims-tsvt9wdtt og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/tSvt9wDTT.png og:image:alt: The DOJ Files Lawsuit Against Apple Over iPhone Monopoly Claims og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The DOJ Files Lawsuit Against Apple Over iPhone Monopoly Claims **[Collections](https://daily.dev/sources/collections)** · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary U.S. Justice Department sues Apple over smartphone monopoly, messaging security, and disadvantage for Android users in iMessage. ## Content The U.S. Justice Department has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple, accusing the company of maintaining a smartphone monopoly and compromising privacy and security. The lawsuit focuses on the issue of 'green bubbles' and 'blue bubbles' in iMessage, highlighting the disadvantage for Android users and third-party messaging apps. It also alleges that Apple defaults iPhone users to a less secure messaging format when messaging non-iPhone users. Apple is pushing back against the lawsuit, arguing that it threatens the unique features and ecosystem of its smartphones. The company disputes the market definitions used in the lawsuit and accuses the Coalition for App Fairness of being behind the case. Apple defends its App Store rules as protecting consumers and asserts that the suit fails to consider consumer choice and loyalty. This lawsuit, along with regulatory interest in Apple's ecosystem, demonstrates a growing concern over the company's practices. The lawsuit has the support of 15 states, the District of Columbia, and the Coalition for App Fairness, which includes companies like Epic and Spotify. ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@dezideriu** · 0 upvotes > At first at all Apple should have it's own only Ecosystem having to do anything with Android is they rights for that ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#apple](https://daily.dev/tags/apple) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-doj-files-lawsuit-against-apple-over-iphone-monopoly-claims-tsvt9wdtt) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The DOJ Files Lawsuit Against Apple Over iPhone Monopoly Claims","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-doj-files-lawsuit-against-apple-over-iphone-monopoly-claims-tsvt9wdtt","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-doj-files-lawsuit-against-apple-over-iphone-monopoly-claims-tsvt9wdtt"},"datePublished":"2024-03-21T17:11:58.209Z","dateModified":"2024-03-22T16:04:05.825Z","description":"U.S. Justice Department sues Apple over smartphone monopoly, messaging security, and disadvantage for Android users in iMessage.","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/da3b75154d434c4443690998799c601e?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/da3b75154d434c4443690998799c601e?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Collections","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Collections","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--fk_6ycEi--/f_auto,q_auto/v1780996001/logos/collections?_a=BAMAMiWQ0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/collections"},"commentCount":2,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-doj-files-lawsuit-against-apple-over-iphone-monopoly-claims-tsvt9wdtt","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}],"keywords":"apple","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Collections","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/collections"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The DOJ Files Lawsuit Against Apple Over iPhone Monopoly Claims"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-doj-files-lawsuit-against-apple-over-iphone-monopoly-claims-tsvt9wdtt","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"At first at all Apple should have it’s own only Ecosystem having to do anything with Android is they rights for that","datePublished":"2024-03-24T15:36:43.394Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/tSvt9wDTT#c-7ymxWcxeQ","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Raita Sorin","url":"https://daily.dev/dezideriu","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a-/AOh14Gh_4_Tx8bxhRx14MfSTxB0eOjZ9s4m0O0GBMcNa4Q=s100"}}]} ```