The American Congress has once again collected more evidence against multinationals taking ever greater advantage of theirdominant position. It was during a hearing last week that the case,which has been going on for several months now, thus experienced twists and turns allowing a United States Representative to provide more evidence to his case against GAFAM.
Today, large groups offer Internet users platforms allowing them to access the services and products of other smaller companies in order to refine an ever-increasing catalog of solutions. This is, for example, howMicrosoftallows any Windows user to download browsers competing with Edge likeSafari, Chrome or Firefox. A subject which was also brought to justice at the time when Redmond favored Internet Explorer as a default option on its OS.
Several companies in the sights of the USA
From now on,Appleis therefore also one of the accused who is accused of acting in this way. Indeed, in an audience with legislators this Friday, the startupTilehas just complained about the behavior of the famous brand which has simply made its smart key fobs disappear from its online store open to partners. The reason? Probably the ongoing development of AirTag, a very similar concept which has not yet been revealed during a keynote.
We do not know what was said during the exchange, but it is clear that the one who raised 104 million dollars has a serious dispute with Cupertino, hence this testimony from those closest to power. Moreover,one of its engineers was also poachedby the FTN… And it is not the only one injured in this type of case. Thus, more than 80 different victims have been interviewed for similar facts since the start of the investigation, enough to collect sufficient data for politicians. And some also accused Facebook, Amazon andGoogle.
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