I can’t say whether a lawsuit is crazy. That’s for a judge and jury to decide. I can say when one sounds crazy to me, though, and here comes a crazy sounding suit right now.
MacDailyNews says the California Crane School is suing Apple and Google because Google is paying Apple to not launch a search engine. That, the suit argues, is a violation of U.S. antitrust laws. In fairness, I think it would be if that were the case. However, the suit indicates that the scheme between the two companies was hatched up in “regular secret meetings between the executives of both companies…”
What’s the supposed damage? The piece says the complaint “alleges that advertising rates are higher than rates would be in a competitive system.” They don’t want a lot - just for any deals between Apple and Google to be shut down and for both companies to be broken up into much smaller companies.
If you’re wondering, by the way, California Crane School is exactly what it sounds like. It teaches people to operate cranes.
Sorry. If you thought it was about the birds or stationery, then no. It’s not exactly what it sounds like.
