US government sues Apple for monopoly on smartphone market. Apple shares lost 3.62% of their value on Thursday, around 3:15 p.m.

GMT. Apple has been accused for several years of imposing drastic conditions on companies that offer services on the iPhone. In September 2021, a federal judge ruled that the Cupertino group's digital ecosystem was not a monopoly, but ordered Apple to no longer prevent third-party companies from going through their own system of payment for purchases.