EU consumer group sues Apple for €62 million over ‘Apple tax’ price hike on competing music subscriptions

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EU consumer group sues Apple for €62 million over ‘Apple tax’ price hike on competing music subscriptions

Apple is being sued in Belgium, Italy, Spain and Portugal by a consumer rights organisation which says that people paid over the odds when they signed up to music services other than Apple Music on iOS. Euroconsumers, which is coordinating the lawsuits as a class action, says that Apple’s App Store payment rules meant subscribers to Spotify and other services paid higher subscription fees because of Apple’s App Store commission, and are demandin…