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Apple's UK mass claim over cloud has echoes of painful app store defeat

By Simon Zekaria ( November 17, 2025, 11:20 GMT | Comment) -- Apple’s bid this week to derail a planned mass claim that alleges anticompetitive harm from its cloud service has echoes of similar risk it faced in a claim over its app store — one that resulted in a landmark loss. Faced with the jeopardy of possible forced structural changes to its business, Apple’s defense is expected to focus on user choice, third-party competition and pricing comparability.Apple will attempt this week to block a mass claim over its iCloud service from reaching trial in the UK, and in doing so it will be revisiting painfully familiar risk....

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