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Russia found Apple guilty of violating antitrust laws with iOS

In recent months, Russia has proposed a series of laws that are useless to Apple. | Font: Photo by Zhang Kaiiv on Unsplash

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Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) Russia told the American technology transnational Mansana guilty of abusing a dominant position in the Russian market for mobile applicationsfor which you face a fine, based on your income in the country.

“The FAS Commission stated Mansana is guilty of abusing its dominant position in the iOS app market,” the service said in a statement.

Sanctions expected against Apple

According to the Russian organization, the company will have to pay a fine based on the income received, the amount of which will be established as part of an administrative investigation.

According to Russian law, for this violation, the transnational corporation must pay a fine in the amount of 0.01% to 0.15% of annual income in Russia.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service initiated a corresponding case against Mansana at the end of October 2021, after the company ignored Russian warnings.

On August 30, a Russian regulator accused the US tech company of “abusing its dominant position in the iOS app market” and urged the company to correct violations related to the inability to pay for the products offered within a month. app store via external links.

The Russian organization recalled that Mansana prohibits iOS app developers from offering their customers the ability to pay outside app storewhich makes the products more expensive by 15-30% due to the service charge.

“Anti-Apple” Laws

Russia requires major tech companies to install Russian software and apps for sale under a law now known as “anti-apple” and has been criticized as a move that limits the freedom of the Internet.

The law, passed in November 2019 by the Russian Senate and promulgated a month later by President Vladimir Putin, will apply to all operating system devices sold in Russia. Russia clients.

The list of programs that technology companies must pre-install consists of 16 classes, including search engines, social networks such as Odnoklassniki and VKontakte (Russian Facebook), messengers, map services, and antiviruses, among others.

The law was originally supposed to come into force on July 1, 2020, but due to the coronavirus pandemic, the effective date was moved to April 1, 2021.

The authors of the law say the measure is aimed at protecting the interests of Russian companies and reducing abuses by large foreign corporations. (EFE)

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