Final month, the U.S. Justice Division and greater than a dozen state attorneys common sued Apple, claiming that the tech large has an unlawful monopoly over the smartphone market and warning that Apple’s monopoly on smartphones may prolong to different areas of the financial 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 Drawback 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 stated to his visitor, Federal Commerce Fee Chair Lina Khan, referencing the podcast that was an extension of the Apple present, which the tech large canceled in October.
“They actually stated, ‘Please don’t discuss to her,’” Stewart advised Khan.
The FTC chair has been outspoken about her considerations over what she sees are monopolistic practices by tech giants like Apple which, she advised Stewart tonight, have stifled client alternative.
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 stated, referring to a section 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 reveals the hazard of what occurs if you focus a lot energy and a lot choice making in a small variety of firms,” answered Khan.