Apple's dating app 'problem' in Europe gets court's approval
A Dutch court has confirmed a 2021 consumer watchdog ruling that
Apple
abused its dominant position by imposing unfair conditions on dating app providers within its App Store. The Rotterdam District Court has reportedly confimred that the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) was justified in imposing an order with a penalty for non-compliance against the tech giant. According to a report by the news agency Reuters, the court's ruling supports ACM's finding that dating app providers were compelled to use Apple's own payment system. These providers were also restricted from referring to payment options outside the
App Store
and were required to pay the company a 30% commission (or 15% for smaller providers), the report noted.
Apple is planning to appeal this Dutch court ruling
In a statement to Reuters, an Apple spokesperson said:
'This ruling undermines the technology and tools we've created to benefit developers and protect users' privacy and security, and we plan to appeal.'
In 2021, the ACM imposed a fine of 50 million euros ($58 million) on Apple for failing to comply with mandated changes to its App Store, the Reuters report added. At that time, the regulator said that this fine was necessary to stop practices that violated
European Union antitrust
laws.
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Earlier this month, the company filed a legal challenge against a
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(EU) order requiring it to open its closely controlled ecosystem to competitors such as Meta and Google.
The company criticised the
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(DMA), calling it "deeply flawed" and arguing that the EU's demands are "unreasonable" and could "hamper innovation."
As reported by Reuters, Apple stated that the EU's requirements create 'a process that is unreasonable, costly, and stifles innovation.'
'These requirements will also hand data-hungry companies sensitive information, which poses massive privacy and security risks to our EU users. These deeply flawed rules that only target Apple - and no other company - will severely limit our ability to deliver innovative products and features to Europe, leading to an inferior user experience for our European customers,'
Apple said in a statement to Reuters.
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