Apple successfully appeals Brazilian antitrust ruling | Infinium-tech
Apple has successfully appealed an antitrust ruling in Brazil that would have forced Cupertino to bring app sideloading and third-party app payment options to its App Store for local iOS users. A federal judge overturned her requests against Brazilian regulator CADE (Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica) and Apple’s anti-competitive practices, finding the regulator’s demands “disproportionate and unnecessary”.
According to the demands cited last month, Apple will have 20 days to comply with the Brazilian regulator’s requests, or face a fine of $43,000 a day. The regulator also demanded that Apple allow developers to link to external websites for payments or let all developers handle these payments themselves.
Apple previously made similar changes to its app download and payment options in the US, EU, South Korea, and Japan. CADE can now appeal the decision and is expected to do so immediately, meaning this is certainly not the last instance in this ongoing legal battle.
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