A photo of Tim Cook at the 2024 Oscars
Apple CEO Tim Cook wears a black tuxedo to the 2024 Oscars
  • In 2022, Tim Cook told someone to buy his Android-using mother an iPhone.
  • Now, that comment is part of the Department of Justice's case against Apple.
  • It's an example of Apple's anti-competitive tactics, the DOJ alleges.

A quip from CEO Tim Cook made it into the Department of Justice's 88-page antitrust complaint against Apple.

Cook's quote came at the 2022 Code Conference, when he was taking questions from the audience as part of a panel moderated by tech journalist Kara Swisher.