On 11/5, technology company Apple (USA) had to receive a new lawsuit alleging that the online app store App Store had overcharged many users in the UK.
App Store icon on the phone screen. Photo: AFP/VNA The lawsuit is filed by digital economist Rachael Kent and is being considered by the UK Court of Competition Appeal. In the lawsuit, expert Kent asks Apple to return money to UK customers, for which about 19.6 million people will be compensated a total of 1.5 billion pounds ($2.1 billion). Expert Kent, a lecturer at King’s College, University of London, believes that Apple has a monopoly when the App Store is the only door to download many applications to iPhone and iPad. According to this lecturer after 13 years, the App Store is still the only source for Apple devices to access apps, reflecting the company’s selfish “guarding” of the entrance to the world of apps, charging subscription fees. import and use “unfairly” and this is proprietary behavior. According to the lawsuit, Apple receives about 30% of the cost of purchasing an app. Apple, for its part, called this a planned lawsuit and shouldn’t have happened. The US technology company insists that it is always committed to customers and that the App Store has brought a lot of benefits to the creative economy in the UK. Apple is also facing many legal challenges related to exclusivity when using the App Store. Epic Games – the maker of the famous Fortnite game – also sued this company in court for the same reason. Last month, the European Union (EU) officially accused Apple of relying on the App Store, which has gradually eliminated competitors in the field of streaming (streaming). In March, UK competition authorities also launched an investigation into Apple related to the App Store.
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