Apple is moving from the European Union’s Antitrest Watchdog to another charge sheet, until it quickly heals the alleged violation of a new digital law, which led to a fine of EUR 500 million ($ 579 million) earlier this year.
With a clock on a time frame on June 26, the authorities are designed to hand over an ultimatum to the iPhone manufacturer, so that the developers can be allowed to inform customers of cheap deals away from the app store, which according to the people familiar with the case, who used to talk on the condition of anonymity.
If it becomes unheard, the step will pave the way for a new fine under the Block’s Digital Markets Act, which may be five percent more of the average daily revenue worldwide per day of non-non-transportation. People said that Apple can still avoid future growth if it manages to appease the fear of the Commission with a adjacent proposal that is sufficient to correct alleged violations.
Apple was fined on 23 April-on the same day, Meta platforms were slapped with a penalty (about Rs 1,993 crore) penalty for “pay or consent” advertising service on Instagram and Facebook. Both American tech giants were judged to violate strict DMA rules that complete a series of dos and dons for the world’s largest technology firms.
A spokesman for Apple said that the European Union regulatory DMAs change the goalposts for compliance, making it impossible to follow their steering decision. The firm said that it is spending hundreds of thousands of hours working to follow the ever-altitude regulation of the block.
A European Commission spokesman said it would not speculate on the next stages, while Apple still has time to submit a proposal. It states that regulators have sufficient regulatory powers at their disposal if the apple continues in violation of its obligations under DMA.
Apple’s April fines on heels, Cupertino, California -based firm forced the block regulators to discriminate against the company and give it their technology for free. Just last year, the company was killed with an EUR 1.8 billion (About Rs 17,942 crore) The European Union is fine for closing the music-streaming rivals on the iPhone.
In recent years, the European Union has given expensive punishment against firms, including a fine of over $ 8 billion. Alphabet‘S Google And a separate order for Apple to pay taxes of 13 billion Eur (about Rs 1,29,595 crore) to Ireland of Ireland.
Under the rules of its misconduct, it has also forced changes Amazon.com‘S Marketplace platform and Apple tap-end-go chip, while also investigation Microsoft corp. Video conference software, teams.
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