Adam Kos Russia fined Apple $12 million (906,3 million rubles, approx. 258 million CZK) for violating monopoly laws. It is a claim that the iPhone maker is allegedly abusing its dominant position in the mobile application market. In August 2020 the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) decided that App Store provides Apple an unfair advantage in the economics of digital content distribution. According to Reuters FAS states in its decision on Tuesday one crucial fact, namely that the distribution of Apple's applications through the iOS system gave its own products a competitive advantage. Apple "respectfully disagreed" with the decision and plans to appeal it.
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In an August ruling, Apple was ordered to remove a provision from its policies that gave it the right to reject applications from App Store. It all started with a complaint from the company itself Kaspersky Lab (an international company engaged in the development of protection software against computer viruses, spam, hacker attacks and other cyber threats) whose application was rejected Safe Kids to distribute in App Store. Although the company operates in more than 200 countries around the world, its headquarters are in Moscow. It was founded in 1997 and its founder and current CEO is Jevgenij Valentinovich Kaspersky.
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"We collaborated with Kaspersky that their application is in accordance with the rules that have been put in place to protect children," is the statement Apple. "Now this company has v App Store already 13 applications and we have also processed hundreds of their updates for her. It is not known why Apple rejected the application. However, if he knew what kind of torture awaited him again, he would probably be happy to release the app in his store. After all, it's no secret that its approval process has small loopholes, and disguised casino games will easily find their way into the App Store.
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The fine is the latest attempt by Russia to gain more control over the activities of technology companies such as Apple. Not only him, but all companies that want to sell smart electronics on the Russian market, he already ordered that they must present a gallery of exclusively Russian applications to their new users when they first start the device for possible installation. Russian lawmakers have also submitted earlier bill, which would cap Apple's App Store commission at 20% of the current thirty, and also open the door to third-party digital stores on Apple's platforms.
