EU says Apple breached new digital competition rules with App Store restrictions

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LONDON (AP) — European Union regulators on Monday leveled their first charges under the bloc’s new digital competition rulebook , accusing Apple of preventing app makers from pointing users to cheaper options on other venues.

LONDON — European Union regulators on Monday leveled their first charges under the bloc’s new digital competition rulebook, accusing Apple of preventing app makers from pointing users to cheaper options on other venues.

Under the DMA's provisions, app developers must be allowed to inform customers of cheaper purchasing options and direct them to those offers. The commission kept up the pressure on Apple, simultaneously opening a new investigation into contractual terms that it's offering app developers.

 

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