Privacy-centered software provider proton, proton mail manufacturer, proton calendar, proton drive and other apps, Apple suedAccusing anticomatural practices at Apple’s App Store. In the new lawsuit, Proton says that iPhone manufacturer has a monopoly in smartphones, app distribution and app payment processing markets. It also compares Apple fees for tariffs on Internet commerce, calls them “artificial and arbitrary”.
The suit app is looking for a change in the app store and monetary damage, which proton says that democracy and organizations fighting for human rights will be donated.
Court PapersFiled in the northern district of California, is a part of a large square-carriage suit against Apple. Proton says that it is joining other developers, including a single one. Korean developers groupThose who are also sueing the tech veteran.
This suit is one of the latest to challenge Apple’s chokehold on the mobile app market.
It follows another year battle between the epic sports and Apple, which was a large extent as it was Announced not to be monopolyTo set an example for a new lawsuit to argue against. However, the judge also in that case Decided that Apple must give us app developers link On their websites where they offer alternative payment mechanisms, without charging a commission on sale. (Apple is still fighting the matter on the appeal.)
The proton case takes a different angle. This epic cites the case, saying that the evidence proved that the Apple App makes such a huge advantage on the store fees as to whether it asks whether the fees are really necessary to support the maintenance of the app store as Apple’s claim.
The proton, similarly, raises the issue with the policies of Apple around the payment. This explains how Apple stopped developers from talking directly to their customers in the app, where they could inform them about the discount on the web. In addition, apps that do not support Apple’s payment system are in danger of being removed from the app store, stated in the suit.
Around payment arguments explain in other nuances, how the system works, such as how difficult it is to manage payment and membership in equipment due to Apple’s rules. For example, company Explained in a blog post Customers who upgrade their accounts on the web cannot downgrade their iOS device, which is a poor customer experience.
The proton also argues that its calendar app cannot be set as default, However iOS allows users to swap Missed for other apps like browsers, emails, phone calls, messaging, and more. And it notes that its proton drive is banned from background processing, while not icloud.
In particular, the case of the proton focuses on how the single point of Apple with the app store is the single point of distribution, which is used for free speech to the device used by dictatorship worldwide. On this front, it indicates all apps that Apple will have to remove laws in markets such as Russia and China. The decision falls down to iOS developers, saying proton, such as when its VPN app was threatened to remove because it claimed “unablock sensor websites”.
The proton post reads, “The monopoly control of software on iOS equipment presents a numerous problems for consumers, businesses and society.” “Opposition monopoly laws exist as the power gifted by a monopoly position essentially leads to misuse. In the case of elite veterans, these abuses are widespread implications for society, and it is important for the future of the Internet to address them now.”
We reached Apple for comment and did not hear immediately.
