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2022
Dutch regulator fines Apple over dating-app payment conditions
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The Netherlands' Authority for Consumers and Markets fined Apple another 5 million euros for failing to comply with its order concerning dating-app providers. The regulator stated that Apple's revised conditions for using alternative payment systems were unreasonable and created an unnecessary barrier. The fine relates to Apple's non-compliance with the order, and the regulator characterized the revised conditions as unreasonable and an unnecessary barrier.
The Netherlands’ Authority for Consumers and Markets fined Apple another 5 million euros for failing to comply with its order on dating-app providers. The regulator said Apple’s revised conditions for using alternative payment systems were unreasonable and created an unnecessary barrier.
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The Netherlands’ competition watchdog has fined Apple another $5.6 million for failing to comply with its order on dating-app providers.
“Apple must therefore pay another 5 million euros ($5.6 million). The total of all penalty payments currently stands at 20 million euros ($22.6 million),” it said.
The Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) said the revised conditions that Apple has imposed on dating-app providers are unreasonable, and create an unnecessary barrier.