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Apple facing near-£3bn UK lawsuit over cloud storage ‘monopoly’


Which? claims firm engaged in anti-competitive practices that led to 40 million people ‘being overcharged’

Apple is facing a near-£3bn lawsuit over claims it breached competition law by effectively locking millions of UK consumers into its cloud storage service at “rip-off” prices. Built into every Apple device, iCloud is the US tech company’s cloud storage service that lets people keep photos, files and other data securely online so they are backed up and available when needed. said it was urging Apple “to resolve this claim without the need for litigation by offering consumers their money back and opening up iOS to allow users a real choice for cloud services”.

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