Apple has to take another record fine. This time, however, the prosecutor is not in the USA, but in France. The company is now to pay a total of 1.1 billion euros in fines to the French state. The reason for this is a violation of French competition law.
Anticompetitive behaviour by Apple
The heavy fine is a reminder of Apple’s anti-competitive behaviour towards retail partners and distributors. In particular, the large IT group is alleged to have committed various anti-competitive violations and, in addition, to have engaged in illegal price fixing. .
common practice of Apple
However, the punished behavior is not a slip of the iPhone inventor. It is rather a common practice of Apple, which has been known for some time. For example, the company sets sales prices for its certified retailers. This applies not only to iPhones and iPads, but also to Macs. This means that the dealers cannot issue special offers of their own accord. After all, Apple ensures an extremely low margin. These...
