Apple Fined $5.6M After Dutch Dating App Antitrust Order (techcrunch.com) 27
The Netherlands' competition authority has fined Apple $5.6 million for failing to comply with conditions in an order requiring it to allow local dating apps to make user of third party payment technology in their apps. From a report: The tech giant could be on the hook for another $5.6 million fine next week if it doesn't meet the regulatory requirement by then, and each week thereafter for a couple more months -- up to a maximum of $56 million in relation to this particular order. The fine relates to an order made by Dutch watchdog, the Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM), last year -- which found Apple in breach of antitrust rules and ordered it to adjust the conditions it imposes on dating app providers. At specific antitrust issue are App Store terms mandating the use of Apple's own in-app payment infrastructure (aka the IAP API) for any sales of digital content, via which the tech giant extracts a commission. Apple's terms also ban the use of alternative payment systems by dating apps. The regulator also took issue with Apple banning dating apps from referring to other payment methods in their apps. The ACM said today that Apple has failed to satisfy its conditions and must make amendments to bring the rules for dating apps in line with its order.
Anti-competitive practices must go (Score:2)
What Apple says when... (Score:3, Insightful)
1. they give law enforcement/authoritarian regimes users' private info:
We abide by the laws of the countries in which we operate.
2. things don't go their way and they have to pay up:
It's political crap! [theguardian.com]
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... because "courage"
Government Intervention with Dating App Software (Score:2)
Must be different there . . . I mean over in the US the top priorities could be stalking, personal safety and vetting, catfishing, money cons, fraud by parent company . . . just to name a few.
Is it something in the cheese? Tulips? Windmills?
Crazy progressives.
Re: Government Intervention with Dating App Softwa (Score:1)
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The Dutch consumer watchdog says that Apple's wallet garden has to have exits where Apple does not extort a toll.
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Only if they want to/have to pay someone, they can't be forced to use Apple's API, says the Dutch consumer watchdog. And that's very fine with me. With carrying an iPhone with me, I already hand so much information to Apple, I don't want them to get the financial side of me in addition. So I either can't use the iPhone at all for financial transactions, which is an undue burden as there are many places where doi
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Just a note. There were these real small laptops with long battery lives introduced when smartphones were gaining market, called EEEPCs. They were so good, and so cheap, in fact, they threatened the smartphone market. So, what any good IT Mafia would do, they outlawed them. The world might've looked different otherwise. I know I would've used one. Now I'm stuck with a 1½kg laptop instead.
[citation needed]
Pretty sure EEEPCs/Netbooks stopped being popular because people were confused as to why their Windows programs didn't work on their (Linux) machine.
Yes it is a rotten Apple (Score:2)
Re: Yes it is a rotten Apple (Score:2)
Probably not. You would need to message them on iMessanger first to find out what color they are.
Any questions? (Score:2)
Monopolist behavior
101 - The rules don’t pertain to me
202 - Ignore they’ll go away
303 - Entitled for reasonrotest
404 - Refuse to cooperate or play
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My guess would be some dating app provides brought the complaint.
Most of the 'dates' ... (Score:2)
The Dutch are just jealous (Score:1)
Because they are not Spanish.
https://www.thelocal.es/202201... [thelocal.es]