48 Chinese Developers File Antitrust Complaint Against Apple Over App Store Fees
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Updated · South China Morning Post · Jun 23
48 Chinese Developers File Antitrust Complaint Against Apple Over App Store Fees
3 articles · Updated · South China Morning Post · Jun 23
Summary
Forty-eight Chinese iOS developers asked China’s State Administration for Market Regulation to investigate and penalize Apple over App Store commissions they called unfair and excessively high.
An open letter published Monday said Apple failed to honor a promise to offer China its lowest commission rate and instead abused market dominance to raise costs for local creators.
Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Tuesday, leaving the complaint as the latest challenge to its profitable smartphone app ecosystem in China.
Apple is already under similar pressure abroad: EU antitrust regulators fined it €500 million last July over Digital Markets Act violations, and that appeal is still pending.