Apple Rejects Monopoly Claims, Says iOS Choices Benefit Customers Despite DOJ Lawsuit

• Apple denies comparisons between itself and 1990s Microsoft monopoly • Apple claims global iPhone market share is only around 20%, much less than Microsoft's 90% • DOJ lawsuit focuses on App Store control, Apple Watch exclusivity, and "green bubbles" as anti-competitive • DOJ claims barriers erected by Apple led to failures of Amazon Fire Phone, Microsoft mobile, and others • Apple believes lawsuit wrongly tries to make iOS more like Android; cites 2008 court ruling backing companies' rights to choose partners