Apple has decided to appeal officially The fine of 500 million of euros imposed last April the European Commission for violate the Digital Markets Law (DMA) in force in the EU. The commission fined Apple, and also to the goal, for violating the DMA using various anti -competitive measures.
In the case of Apple, the European Commission determined that the company had avoided that application developers could offer their customers information about sales and offers outside the App Store. The fine, quite high, reflects the severity and duration of Apple’s practices. Meta, meanwhile, received a sanction of 200 million euros.
To anyone’s surprise, Apple does not agree with the sanction, so it has decided to appeal it, and as indicated in a statement sent to 9to5Mac, they have completed their appeal because they believe that «The decision of the European Commission, and its unprecedented fine, goes far beyond what the law requires. As our appeal will demonstrate, the European Commission is dictating how to take our store, and forcing business terms that are confused for developers and bad for users. We have done this to avoid punitive daily fines and we will share the facts with the court«.
Apple announced draft changes in the App Store last March, including marketplaces acceptance of alternative apps to the officer, new business terms for developers, and support for third -party search engines. All with the aim of avoiding the sanction he finally received.
Last week he made more changes, related mainly to policies focused on preventing users from heading to other offers or downloads outside the official App Store. ApplAnd then many of the barriers that I maintained to prevent developers who wanted to direct users to alternative payment solutions could do so. It also introduced new business terms that cover these types of transaction.
