Dutch consumer watchdog gives Apple fifth $5.7 million fine in App Store dispute
The Hindu
The ACM has been levying weekly fines of 5 million euros since Apple missed a January 15 deadline to make changes that the watchdog had mandated.
The Dutch antitrust watchdog fined Apple 5 million euros ($5.7 million) on Monday, the fifth such penalty in successive weeks in a row over access to non-Apple payment methods for subscriptions to dating apps.
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The Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) says the iPhone maker is abusing a dominant market position by failing to allow software application makers in the Netherlands to use other payment methods for dating apps accessible via its App Store.
The ACM has been levying weekly fines of 5 million euros since Apple missed a January 15 deadline to make changes that the watchdog had mandated.
It said the U.S. company had not made any new proposal to comply with its ruling in the past week.
"We have clearly explained to Apple how they can comply...," the watchdog said in a statement. "So far, however, they have refused to put forward any serious proposals." Apple declined comment on Monday.
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