{"id":2223,"date":"2022-04-21T19:10:41","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T17:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/apples-lobbying-spend-hits-record-high-as-company-resists-antitrust-pressure\/"},"modified":"2022-04-21T19:10:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T17:10:41","slug":"apples-lobbying-spend-hits-record-high-as-company-resists-antitrust-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/apples-lobbying-spend-hits-record-high-as-company-resists-antitrust-pressure\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple\u2019s lobbying spend hits record high as company resists antitrust pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"source-title\">Apple\u2019s lobbying spend hits record high as company resists antitrust pressure<\/div>\n<div class=\"source-text\">\n<div >\n<p>Apple\u2019s lobbying spend hit a new quarterly record high in the first quarter of this year, as the company continues its efforts to fight antitrust measures.<\/p>\n<p>Apple is feeling particular pressure from bipartisan support for both the Open App Markets Act and the American Innovation and Choice Online Act \u2026<\/p>\n<p><span ><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<script><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<h2 >Background<\/h2>\n<p>Apple faces antitrust charges on a number of fronts. We last month outlined the background to just one of the antitrust threats to Apple.<\/p>\n<blockquote >\n<p>2019 saw the start of a year-long investigation into whether tech giants were guilty of anti-competitive behavior. Apple was one of the companies investigated, with Tim Cook required to testify before Congress \u2013 and was among the tech companies found to engage in\u00a0\u201cdeeply disturbing\u201d anticompetitive behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Congress was initially expected to try to pass a single antitrust bill to tackle all of the issues identified, but instead for\u00a0multiple bills. We\u2019re currently up to six of these, one of which had been described as\u00a0putting the entire Apple ecosystem at risk<\/p>\n<p>If passed into law, it would impact Apple\u2019s treatment of apps like Spotify, but some have suggested it could even\u00a0bar the company from pre-installing its own apps\u00a0on iPhones.<\/p>\n<p>The American Innovation and Choice Online Act has made the most progress. Apple CEO\u00a0Tim Cook personally lobbied against\u00a0the bill, but\u00a0his concerns were dismissed\u00a0by co-sponsor Senator Amy Klobuchar. The bill had bipartisan support in the Senate Judiciary Committee, but it faces opposition from some in both houses [\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Justice has now thrown its weight behind the bill, arguing that it would enhance its ability to challenge anti-competitive behavior.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 >Apple\u2019s lobbying spend hits record high<\/h2>\n<p><em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-04-21\/apple-spends-record-high-on-lobbying-amid-pressure-from-congress\">Bloomberg<\/a><\/em> reports that Apple is now spending more than ever on lobbying efforts, which are primarily geared to fighting antitrust issues.<\/p>\n<blockquote >\n<p>Apple Inc. spent a record quarterly high of $2.5 million on lobbying in the first three months of 2022 amid increased pressure from the U.S. Congress on technology companies over antitrust issues.<\/p>\n<p>Apple\u2019s lobbying expenditures increased more than 34% from the $1.86 million the company spent in the fourth quarter of 2021, according to disclosure reports released Wednesday. The previous high was $2.2 million, spent in the second quarter of 2017.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Google, which faces many of the same charges as Apple, spent even more, at $2.96M.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo:\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@sasun1990?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Sasun Bughdaryan<\/a>\/<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/spending?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p><!-- youtube embed -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"source-image\">https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/9to5mac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/Apples-lobbying-spend-hits-record-high-this-year.jpg?resize=1200%2C628&#038;quality=82&#038;strip=all&#038;ssl=1<\/div>\n<div class=\"source-link\">https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2022\/04\/21\/apples-lobbying-spend-hits-record-high\/<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple\u2019s lobbying spend hits record high as company resists antitrust pressure Apple\u2019s lobbying spend hit a new quarterly record high in the first quarter of this year, as the company continues its efforts to fight antitrust measures. 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