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Apple's App Store rules are still in violation of EU policy


Apple's App Store is still in violation of EU policy, and has less than 30 days to comply or face stiff fines.

The DMA requires that Apple allow developers to inform their customers about sales or other offers outside the App Store. In the 68-page document released today from the EC's April decision, the commission found that Apple's policies were plainly anti-competitive and said the company added unnecessary hurdles — referred to as "anti-steering" rules — to completing external transactions. In a statement to 9to5Mac, Apple expressed its disappointment with the newly released details, saying “there is nothing in the 70-page decision released today that justifies the European Commission’s targeted actions against Apple, which threaten the privacy and security of our users in Europe and force us to give away our technology for free."

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