Final month, the U.S. Justice Division and greater than a dozen state attorneys basic sued Apple, claiming that the tech big has an unlawful monopoly over the smartphone market and warning that Apple’s monopoly on smartphones might lengthen to different areas of the economic system, together with leisure.
Tonight on The Each day Present, Jon Stewart supplied a view into his personal tussle with Apple associated to his Apple TV+ comedy present The Downside With Jon Stewart.
“I wished to have you ever on a podcast and Apple requested us to not do it,” the Each day Present host mentioned to his visitor, Federal Commerce Fee Chair Lina Khan, referencing the podcast that was an extension of the Apple present, which the tech big canceled in October.
“They actually mentioned, ‘Please don’t discuss to her,’” Stewart instructed Khan.
The FTC chair has been outspoken about her issues over what she sees are monopolistic practices by tech giants like Apple which, she instructed Stewart tonight, have stifled client selection.
Stewart supplied one other instance.
“They wouldn’t allow us to do even that dumb factor we simply did within the first act on AI,” Stewart mentioned, referring to a phase earlier in tonight’s present on what he termed “the false promise of A.I.”
“Like, what’s that sensitivity? Why are they so afraid to even have these conversations out within the public sphere?” he requested.
“I believe it simply exhibits the hazard of what occurs while you focus a lot energy and a lot choice making in a small variety of firms,” answered Khan.
