According to the latest report, Apple accepted an antitrust investigation into its software store business in India after the New Year. India’s antitrust regulator wants to know whether Apple’s charge of 30% to developers on the App Store will harm the interests of software developers or curb competition.
The Wall Street Journal said that the Competition Commission of India believed that Apple had violated some of India’s antitrust laws. Earlier last year, an Indian non-profit organization complained that Apple charged developers 30% to sell digital content through their apps, harming the interests of software developers and stifling competition. Apple denies these allegations, saying it is focused on making its devices as attractive as possible.
Last month, British regulators accused Apple and Google of monopolizing the market. At the time, the UK Competition and Markets Authority stated that it was worried that the two companies’ practices would result in reduced competition and consumer choice become meaningless. People also seem to miss the full benefits of innovative products and services-such as network applications’. And a new way to play games through cloud services on iOS devices.
Although Apple has taken some actions on antitrust issues in the past year, there are still many controversies. For example, they were allowed to postpone third-party support channels. Regarding the situation in India, the Wall Street Journal stated that the Indian government has been tightening regulations for global technology companies in India. Throughout 2021, antitrust has also become the main theme of the technology industry, especially for large companies.