Apple just got slapped with another court battle after the EU's top judges ruled that Dutch courts can actually prosecute the iPhone maker over App Store commission abuse, potentially costing the company around 743 million dollars. Two consumer advocacy groups claim Apple's 30 percent developer fees jacked up prices for 14 million Dutch users, and the company tried arguing the case belonged in Irish courts since that's where they run EU operations from, but judges weren't buying it.
Poland's antitrust watchdog started digging into whether Apple breaks its own App Tracking Transparency rules by showing personalized ads without asking permission first, while Germany and Italy are running similar investigations. Chinese consumers filed their own complaint about Apple blocking third-party app stores in their region while allowing them elsewhere, and the whole Epic situation in America keeps snowballing with judges threatening contempt charges if Apple keeps demanding commissions on external payments.
Poland's antitrust watchdog started digging into whether Apple breaks its own App Tracking Transparency rules by showing personalized ads without asking permission first, while Germany and Italy are running similar investigations. Chinese consumers filed their own complaint about Apple blocking third-party app stores in their region while allowing them elsewhere, and the whole Epic situation in America keeps snowballing with judges threatening contempt charges if Apple keeps demanding commissions on external payments.
