I don't usually care about politics at all but is there any concrete evidence supporting either potential future administration being tougher on Apple? The previous president doesn't seem to like Apple very much (and his administration filed DOJ v. Google #1 near the end), but at the same time the current administration's DOJ was responsible for filing the DOJ v. Apple lawsuit.

Edit: Can the downvoter please explain why you downvoted? I am legitimately not trolling, I just want to be able to factor this in my decision in November because I think it's an important issue and I don't see a "direct vote" on it taking place any time soon.

I also found the following resource: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36877026

> is there any concrete evidence supporting either potential future administration being tougher on Apple?

Trump’s trade war with China would probably hurt Apple. But his allies’ plans to gut federal regulatory powers and cut corporate taxes still make him a net friend to one of the world’s richest corporations.

Note that the FTC and DoJ remain independent agencies [1].

> Can the downvoter please explain why you downvoted?

Didn’t downvote. But a partisan aside about a judicial decision on a case between private parties is off topic. (I’d also be shocked if there is any overlap between undecided likely voters and HN users, the latter who tend to be informed.)

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_agencies_of_the_...

> But a partisan aside about a judicial decision on a case between private parties is off topic

Surely politics has something to do with this decision? These things don't just happen in a vacuum. The judge presiding over this case was appointed by Barack Obama and generally government deregulation is something that Republicans advocate for.

> Surely politics has something to do with this decision?

Why? Plenty of judges rule without partisan predictability. This case doesn’t seem to have any more politics involved than any federal case.

If you have evidence of something interesting, sure, bring it up. But “maybe there are other interests involved, find the evidence for me” isn’t a conversation.

It's HN, so we're not allowed to acknowledge it

>a partisan aside about a judicial decision on a case between private parties is off topic.

Given the FTC going after Amazon, I think it's a relevant question to consider. these cases will inevitably influence if Apple is gone after, but who goes after them will depend a lot on the US's government.