Technology
Apple Seeks Dismissal of India Apps Market Antitrust Case, Cites Tiny Market Share
According to a document seen by Reuters, Apple has asked India’s antitrust regulators to dismiss allegations of abuse of market power in the app market, saying that its participation in Google’s dominant South Asian countries is too small.
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The document was submitted after the Competition Commission of India (CCI) began reviewing allegations that Apple harmed competition by forcing app developers to use its proprietary system, which can charge commissions of up to 30% for in-app purchases. Apple denied these allegations in its statement. Submitted to CCI and emphasized that its market share in India is “insignificant” 0-5%, while Google accounts for 90-100%, because its Android operating system supports most other smartphones.
“Apple is not dominant in the Indian market… Without a dominant position, there will be no abuse,” Apple said in its submission dated November 16, which was written by its chief compliance officer Kay Kay. Signed by Kyle Andeer.
“It has been determined that Google is the dominant player in India,” it added.
Apple and CCI did not respond to requests for comment. When asked about what Apple said in the document, a spokesperson for Alphabet Inc’s Google declined to comment.
The plaintiff in this case is a little-known non-profit organization “Together We Fight Society”, which stated that Apple of iOS dominates the market for unauthorized mobile operating systems.
Apple retorted in its submission that the entire smartphone market—including licensable systems such as Android—is a market that should be considered.
Apple also described India’s complaint as an “agent file” in its CCI submission, stating that the complainant “may act in concert with Apple’s ongoing commercial and contractual disputes worldwide and/or with other regulatory agencies. “.
The American technology company did not provide any evidence in the materials submitted to support its claim. The non-profit organization told Reuters that Apple’s remarks “damaged the thinking of CCI” “without any evidence.” If it finds that it has no value, it is completely the case. The details of the CCI investigation were not publicly disclosed.
After Indian startups expressed their concerns last year, CCI is separately investigating Google’s in-app payment system as part of a broader investigation of the company.
According to data from Counterpoint Research, as of the end of 2020, Apple’s iOS powers about 2% of India’s 520 million smartphones, and the rest use Android. However, it added that Apple’s smartphone base in the country has been in the past five years. More than doubled.
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Hollywood
Tom Holland to star alongside Matt Damon in Christopher Nolan’s next, will juggle that with Spider-Man 4 in 2025
Tom Holland, last seen in Apple TV show The Crowded Room last year, has signed his next with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Christopher Nolan.
Tom Holland is going to have a very busy 2025. As per The Hollywood Reporter, the actor has signed Christopher Nolan’s next, which he will juggle the filming of with that of the long-awaited Spider-Man 4. (Also Read – Tom Holland shares why he left alcohol behind: ‘Struggling without booze…’)
Tom signs Nolan’s next
This will mark the first collaboration between Tom and Christopher. While details of his next directorial aren’t known yet, it’s most likely not to have a contemporary setting. It’ll be either set in the past like, his previous film Oppenheimer (2023), or in the future like Interstellar (2014). Matt Damon, who has worked with Christopher in both, has also come on board his next.
Christopher’s next will be co-produced by him and his wife Emma Thomas’ banner Syncopy Inc and Universal Pictures, as the two production houses will team up after the Academy Award-winning blockbuster Oppenheimer last year. Prior to Oppenheimer, Christopher collaborated mostly with Warner Bros before having a fallout post the debacle of Tenet (2020).
Warner Bros then went on to produce Greta Gerwig’s musical satire Barbie, which clashed with Oppenheimer at the box office and even outperformed it globally. Warner Bros offered Christopher a cheque for the fees he waived off for helming Tenet during the pandemic. While Christopher graciously accepted the belated remuneration, he still went on to pitch his next to Warner Bros.
Tom’s busy schedule
Tom didn’t have any release this year. His last outing was Todd Graff’s psychological thriller show The Crowded Room on Apple TV last year. He’ll juggle the filming of Christopher Nolan’s next and Spider-Man 4 in 2025. Tom has been playing the superhero ever since Russo Brothers’ 2016 blockbuster Captain America: Civil War. He’s slipped into the Peter Parker shoes post that for three standalone films and two Avengers movies. Spider-Man 4 will be helmed by Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton.
As Tom’s girlfriend and co-star Zendaya will be busy filming Spider-Man 4 in 2025, she’ll reprise her role of Chani in Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi spectacle Dune 3 only in 2026. Meanwhile, Tom is also likely to make an appearance as Spider-Man in Russo Brothers’ Avengers: Doomsday, which will go on floors in the spring of 2025.
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