The Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets will fine Apple €5 million every week so long as it continues to prevent dating apps from freely using non-Apple payment systems.
The Netherlands’ consumer watchdog has fined Apple €5 million for failing to make sufficient changes to its App Store policies, which were found to be anticompetitive towards dating app providers. After making this finding in August last year, the Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) issued an order for Apple to update its app store policies so dating app providers could use payment systems other than Apple’s one. Last week, Apple made updates to its app store policies in response to the order, but the ACM has since found those changes to be unsatisfactory.
