Apple is hit with another class action lawsuit: iCloud is accused of "illegal monopoly"

News on March 3, according to media reports, Apple was sued in the United States for allegedly violating antitrust laws by restricting iPhone and iPad users to only use iCloud to store specific files.

The class action complaint published by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California shows that the plaintiff believes that Apple's iOS-based cloud storage policy is suspected of "illegal monopoly"

The plaintiff believes that iPhone, iPad and other users only Being able to use iCloud to back up content including application data and device settings is suspected of being an "illegal monopoly"

. At the same time, the plaintiff also believes that Apple uses this practice to manipulate competition in the cloud service market and bundle devices with cloud services. , and used its market dominance to increase iCloud prices to almost pure profit.

The complaint also shows that "there is no technical or security reason for this restriction of consumer choice, and its purpose and effect appear to be to ensure the monopoly of Apple's iCloud products."

The plaintiff also mentioned Samsung, the main competitor of Apple’s iPhone. While Samsung provides consumers with Samsung Drive, it also allows consumers to choose to use Google Drive for full backup.

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