Hartley Charlton
Apple’s penalty $ 570 million from the EU caused a sharp reproach from the White House, which called the penalty form of economic extortion, reports Reuters. /> The penalty was announced on Wednesday by the European Commission after an official investigation of Apple's conformity with the BLOC (DMA) law markets, and approximate legislation aimed at curbing the dominance of the so -called “gatekeeper” companies. According to the commission, Apple violated DMA, limiting the developers to inform users about alternative payment options outside the App Store and preventing applications for iOS through competing applications. Extortion will not endure the United States. The innovaris rules that are specially aimed and undermined by American companies suppress innovations and provide censorship, will be recognized by barriers to trade and direct threat to a free civil society.
Apple said she plans to appeal the decision. The company called this “another example of the commission is unfairly aimed at the company” with actions that “are harmful to the confidentiality and safety of our users.” The fines are approximately 0.1% of the annual income of each company, which is significantly lower than the potential maximum fine of 10% permitted in accordance with DMA. News Forum. All forum participants and visitors can read and monitor the topic, but the publication is limited by members of the forum with at least 100 messages.
