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Title: Apple loses UK antitrust lawsuit over App Store fees

Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 18:45:15 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/apple-loses...

Apple will owe money to UK users after losing an App Store antitrust lawsuit
there on Thursday, according to Financial Times. The Competition Appeal
Tribunal ruled that the iPhone maker abused its dominant market position to
inflate developer fees.

The tribunal found that the company has "near absolute market power" for iOS
app distribution and in-app payments. The decision declared that Apple has
been "abusing its dominant position by charging excessive and unfair prices."
FT reports that Apple will appeal the decision.

The class action claimants said damages of about £1.5bn would be split
between 36 million consumers. A subsequent hearing to determine the process
for "resolving any questions relating to the calculation" of damages could
come as soon as next month.

Apple has an increasingly strained relationship with the tighter regulations
across the Atlantic. Earlier this week, the company stepped up its attacks on
the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA), a law designed to protect consumers from
Big Tech dominance. And on Wednesday, the UK's Competition and Markets
Authority (CMA) confirmed that Apple has "strategic market status" in the
country's equivalent of the DMA. That gives the CMA authority to "ensure that
mobile platforms are open to effective competition."

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/big-
tech/apple-loses-uk-antitrust-lawsuit-over-app-store-fees-
184515613.html?src=rss

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