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Apple loses appeal against Germany’s special abuse control for Big Tech


Being a staggeringly successful big tech company does have some downsides: Apple has lost an appeal against a special abuse control regime that Germany's

Being a staggeringly successful big tech company does have some downsides: Apple has lost an appeal against a special abuse control regime that Germany’s competition watchdog applied to it last year. The iPhone maker can expect to continue to face bespoke competition controls in a major European market, in addition to other similar laws (such as the EU’s DMA). Reached for comment on the failure of its legal challenge, Apple emailed us a statement disagreeing with the court decision, which also continues to claim the company faces “fierce competition in Germany.”

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