Apple was fined more than $300 million for excessive “Apple tax”

According to the latest report from the Dutch antitrust watchdog, Apple Inc will face another fine next week for failing to fully obey an order to open competing forms of App Store payment to Dutch dating apps.

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It is worth noting that since January this year, the Dutch Consumer and Market Authority (ACM) has issued a weekly fine of 5 million euros (about 35 million yuan) to Apple, and this week has issued the ninth fine.

It is reported that most of the software in the Apple App Store has always been mandatory for users to use Apple’s own payment system to pay. And Apple will take a 15%-30% commission from it, which is what everyone calls the “Apple tax”.

In recent years, the Dutch Consumer and Markets Authority has been investigating whether Apple has stale its dominant market position. The Dutch dating software developer has previously filed lawsuits against Apple.

The Dutch dating software developer is asking regulators to investigate the monopoly of Apple’s App Store payment system. So far, Apple has not met the rectification requirements of Dutch regulators.

One hundred million fined in three weeks! Apple “compromises” with the Netherlands: opening third-party payments for the first time. So far, Apple has received a total of 45 million euros in fines.

According to reports, Apple has actually submitted a new proposal to the ACM this week to try to stop the penalty. But an ACM official said the proposal did not fully comply with its order.

If Apple does receive the tenth fine next week, the total fine in the Netherlands for the “Apple tax” will reach 50 million euros. What’s more, according to the ACM, once the total fines reach €50 million, subsequent fines can be even higher.

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