Spain’s watchdog expands probe into Apple over App Store pricing

On Tuesday, Spain’s antitrust authority announced it is broadening its probe into Apple for potential anti-competitive practices, alleging the company imposed unfair commercial terms on developers of mobile apps distributed through its App Store.
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The wider probe by the CNMC will examine whether the tech giant established a pricing schedule that developers must follow in order to distribute their apps on the App Store, restricting competition between companies, the watchdog said.
Apple said in a statement the App Store was designed to be a “safe and trusted experience for users and a great business opportunity for developers in Spain and around the world” and it will continue to engage with the CNMC “to ensure our concerns are fully understood”.

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MacDailyNews Take: The saga continues. With bad prequels and sequels in countries worldwide.
How much did it cost developers to have their apps burned onto CDs, boxed, shipped, displayed on store shelves prior to Apple remaking the world for the better for umpteenth time? Apple incurs costs to store, review, organize, surface, and distribute apps to over one billion users. — MacDailyNews, June 10, 2022

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