Why Facebook is considering an antitrust lawsuit against Apple
Posted on AllSides January 31st, 2021
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Facebook Inc. and Apple Inc. are edging perilously close to all-out legal war, with the social-media giant strongly considering a lawsuit that could ultimately sway antitrust investigators.
The conflagration centers on Apple’s AAPL, -3.74% new iOS 14 policy, due this spring. It includes new privacy features that will for the first time require apps to ask for users’ permission to track them around the web. Such a feature, Facebook FB, -2.52% claims, would severely limit online advertising and kill small businesses in the process.
Tension between the companies has escalated...