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India calls out Apple’s ‘abusive conduct and practices’ with App Store
Apple’s App Store practices are facing severe scrutiny in India, as the conclusion of a years-long investigation finds the company at fault.
Following the path tread by the EU, India is the latest nation to take issue with Apple’s App Store practices, as the first results of a years-long investigation have now revealed. An investigation by India’s antitrust body has found that Apple exploited its dominant position in the market for app stores on its iOS operating system, engaging “in abusive conduct and practices”, a confidential report seen by Reuters showed. However, the size of the company’s presence in India may not make much of a difference at this point, since governing bodies like the EU have successfully forced Apple to support alternate payment options and even third-party app stores.
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