Brazil wants his piece of the App Store Anticompification Fines Apple Faces Worldwide

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> class = “Hidden-Xs”> 1 facesbook X.com reddit applecting apple at the end of 2022, at the beginning of 2023, Brazil Conshelho Administration Defesa Economica (CADE) opened an investigation after complaints from firms such as Mercadolibre, the Latin American e-commerce platform. Now that the technological consultants of the regulator have come to the conclusion that Apple is guilty of accusations.

The general superintendality of the Administrative Council of Economic Defense (SG/CADE) said in the announcement (translated) that “Apple behavior is a violation of the economic order.” A specific accusation concerns restrictive practice in comparison with third-party marketing, the same anti-stable problem that Apple was fined the EU.

This is also the same problem that distributes all the value of Apple, which won its trial version against Epic Games. In this test, Apple failed to fail, which did not allow developers to tell users alternative offers.

it was a small loss in a big victory that Apple won correctly, but then Apple slowly set for itself an anti-Stone correspondence to such an extent that she was noticeably angry with judge Ivonn Gonzalez Rogers. Calling Apple’s actions “gross disobedience”, she obliged the specific steps that Apple should immediately take to correct the situation.

Brazil was not so specific or accurate in its orders Apple, but the goal is the same. Brazil wants Apple to abandon her anti -tied practices and allow the application developers to inform users to offers.

This new recommendation follows a series of Brazil’s moves so that the Fine Apple, not the release. In November 2024, the country gave Apple for 20 days to raise anti -a -sterginous and restrictions in payments in the application, but this was canceled in December 2024 after Apple said that the ruling “threatened” the user's privacy.

Then, in February 2025, Apple representatives took part in the public hearing.

it is unclear at what stage SG/CADE began to participate or why he has given a recommendation now. It is noteworthy that SG/CADE CAN recommended to fine Apple, but the amount was not indicated.

According to Reuters, Apple answered in a statement repeating that the proposed CADE measures to prevent anti-sized and other issues would create confidentiality and safety risks for users. Apple says that he will continue to discuss Kade's problems.

The decision remains in CADE, which is reported, means transferring the question to the court.

separately, a contradictory report in May 2025, said that Apple Foxconn supplier expands its objects in Brazil.

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