Apple Risks More App Store Fines as EU Antitrust Rift Widens
- EU move follows earlier €1.8 billion fine in Spotify case
- New order comes under EU’s tough Digital Markets Act
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Apple Inc. risks billions of euros of new fines over its App Store as European Union antitrust regulators escalated a growing conflict over rules that strike at the heart of the iPhone maker’s business model.
The European Commission said the US company must allow app developers to steer users to cheaper deals and offers outside of the App Store, in order to comply with the bloc’s landmark Digital Markets Act, which lays out a raft of dos and don’ts for some of the world’s largest technology platforms.