Antitrust Probe in India Finds Apple Abused Position in Apps Market ⇥ reuters.com

Aditya Kalra, Reuters:

An investigation by India’s antitrust body has found that Apple exploited its dominant position in the market for app stores on its iOS operating system, engaging “in abusive conduct and practices”, a confidential report seen by Reuters showed.

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“Apple App Store is an unavoidable trading partner for app developers, and resultantly, app developers have no choice but to adhere to Apple’s unfair terms, including the mandatory use of Apple’s proprietary billing and payment system,” the CCI unit said in the June 24 report.

India is a rapidly growing market for Apple and one which Tim Cook identified as important in 2017.

At what point will it be easier for more flexible and open App Store policies to become available worldwide instead of individual countries and regions? That day seems to be approaching fast.