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Apple’s anti-steering rules caused ‘unprecedented’ harm to EU consumers, antitrust decision says

By Tono Gil ( May 7, 2024, 15:36 GMT | Insight) -- Apple harmed around 5 percent of the EU’s population by preventing music app developers from informing users about alternative payment methods, the European Commission has said in its antitrust decision on the case. This number of consumers is “unprecedented” in the history of dominance abuse enforcement, which partly justifies the 1.8 billion-euro fine imposed on the iPhone maker for exploitative abuses.Apple harmed around 5 percent of the EU’s population by preventing music app developers from informing users about alternative payment methods, the European Commission has said in its antitrust decision on the case....

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