US EditionApple begins trial in Britain over claims it overcharged App Store users
- A trial regarding a class action case against Apple began, with plaintiffs seeking over £1.5 billion in damages for alleged competition law violations.
- The complaint claims that Apple's practices have overcharged around 20 million users due to a 30 percent surcharge on app purchases.
- Rachael Kent, an academic, argues that Apple's monopoly on app distribution harms consumers and app developers.
- Apple maintains that the lawsuit is meritless, emphasizing that 85 percent of apps on its store are free and the commission is standard across digital marketplaces.
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Apple faces $1.8B lawsuit claiming UK App Store users were overcharged
Apple was already facing a $1B lawsuit on behalf of British developers, but is now up against an even larger one on behalf of app buyers in the UK. Both antitrust lawsuits have the same basis – that Apple is abusing its monopolistic control over the sale of iPhone apps to charge excessive commissions … more…
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Salzburger NachrichtenBillions dollar class action lawsuit against Apple in Great Britain
Did Apple exploit its market position and thereby cost British consumers up to £1.5 billion? Or did Apple make its technology available to developers for a fee? A class action lawsuit in the UK is intended to clarify this fundamental question.
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OANApple fights $1.8 billion App Store lawsuit in first of UK class actions against tech giants
LONDON : Apple has abused its dominant position by charging app developers an unfair 30 per cent commission through its App Store, costing British consumers up to 1.5 billion pounds ($1.8 billion), a London tribunal heard on Monday.The U.S. tech company is facing a mass lawsuit brought on behalf of around
Billion pound lawsuit in U.K. trial set to determine whether Apple abused app store dominance
The complaint, filed in May 2021, accuses Apple of breaching European and U.K. competition laws by "its exclusion of any other app stores from iOS devices" like iPhones and iPads.
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