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Roehl Niño Bautista · · 1 min readApple faces antitrust lawsuit from Indian nonprofit
“Apple is facing an antitrust challenge in India for allegedly abusing its dominant position in the apps market by forcing developers to use its proprietary in-app purchase system,” reported Reuters.
Details:
- Nonprofit organization Together We Fight Society has taken Apple to court for charging commissions of up to 30% on in-app purchases from developers. The society says the practice harms developers and consumers alike.
- The case has been filed with the Competition Commission of India (CCI), which will review it in the coming weeks.
Dive deeper:
- Apple has an identical case in the EU, with regulators looking into the iPhone makers 30% cut from the distribution of digital content.
- Google faced similar charges in India last year, which prompted the CCI to probe the search engine giant.
Editing by Miguel Cordon and Arpit Nayak
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