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for monopolising the smartphone market. The lawsuit has been filed by the Department of Justice, 15 other state and district attorneys general, and Washington DC, in the District Court of New Jersey.

In the lawsuit, the Department of Justice alleges Apple engages in an"anticompetitive course of conduct", using tactics such as making it difficult for consumers to switch to other smartphone platforms, maintaining a closed-off system which is incompatible with apps and peripherals from other companies, and blocking third-party digital wallets. Of most relevant to video games, perhaps, is the claim Apple has blocked the development of cloud-streaming game apps.

"We allege that Apple has consolidated its monopoly power not by making its own products better, but by making other products worse," US Attorney General Merrick Garland said in aheld by the DOJ, where he accused Apple of"unlawful, exclusionary behaviour" to maintain its monopoly."If left unchallenged, Apple will only continue to strengthen its smartphone monopoly," Garland added.the allegations.

If the European Commission also conducts investigations into Apple for anti-competitive behaviour, this will be the second time in less than a month. The spat between Epic Games and Apple rose to new tensions at the beginning of the month, when, the company once again discussed its plans to bring the Epic Games Store to iOS and Android in app form. Amy Hennig's

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