The investigation against Apple was initiated about four years ago. It was allegedly related to misuse of the dominated situation in the company’s apps market. Apple was accused that he had forced developers to use his properly in-app purchasing system due to his strong position in the apps market. For this, up to 30 percent fees were being charged from developers.
Reuters have reported this confidential order of CCI given last week. In this case, all the rains of Apple in this case have been asked to return the report. However, it is not mentioned in this order about which confidential information Apple is concerned. A source, which is aware of the case, said that the company is worried about the revelations of its app store’s revenue and market share figures in the country. Reuters reported in July that in two reports given by CCI’s Investigation Unit in 2022 and 2024, it was found that Apple had misused his dominated status in the market for app stores on his iOS operating system for app stores on his iOS operating system. .
The firms that CCI have asked to return the report include the startup group Adif, who represents Paytm related to FIT and financial services running the dating app Tinder. Apple and FIT refused to comment about this. CCI and AdIF did not answer the request sent for comments. Apple had said in the complaint to CCI that the report shared with its rivers in this case revealed confidential information related to the company’s business. Along with this, the company had said that CCI should recall this report.
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