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Apple Faces CCI Antitrust Probe Over Alleged Abuse of App Market

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Apple Faces CCI Antitrust Probe Over Alleged Abuse of App Market

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) ordered a detailed investigation of technology giant Apple on Friday, citing unfair business practices in its App Store.

Allegedly, Apple used anti-competitive restrictions and abuse of market dominance practices when distributing applications (apps) to users and processing payments for digital content used in iOS mobile applications.

The complaint is against Apple Inc and Apple India Pvt Ltd. In a 20-page order, the regulator stated that Apple’s App Store is the only channel for app developers to distribute apps to iOS consumers. These apps are pre-installed on every iPhone and iPad.

“In addition, third-party app stores must not be listed on Apple’s App Store because the developer guidelines and agreements prohibit app developers from providing such services… These restrictions imposed by Apple exclude potential market app distributors for the iOS App Store,” The order said.

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According to CCI, this preliminary evidence has caused potential app distributors/app store developers to deny market access in violation of competition regulations. In addition, this approach initially led to restrictions/restrictions on the technical or scientific development of related services. The order stated that due to Apple’s continuous innovation and improvement of its own application store pressure to reduce, this also violates the rules of competition.

Citing these factors, the regulator has ordered its Director General (DG) to conduct a detailed investigation.

Apple did not respond to inquiries about the CCI investigation. In order to evaluate the complaint, CCI included the “India iOS App Store Market” as relevant content.

The regulator said that application developers seem to rely on Apple’s App Store to reach application users, and application users also rely on the App Store to download applications.

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“Therefore, the committee’s preliminary view is that Apple has a monopoly on the relevant market of the iOS app store in India. This dependence of app developers seems to have led to acceptance of Apple’s mandatory and non-negotiable rules related to the distribution of apps through the App Store. , By the latter,” the order said.

Among them, regulators have observed that the condition for Apple to provide application distribution services is that application developers accept supplementary obligations, whose nature or commercial use has nothing to do with the subject matter of the contract for the provision of distribution services.

“This seems to violate Article 4(2)(d) of the Act. In addition, this also initially caused Apple to use its dominant position in the App Store market to enter/protect its in-app purchase market payment processing market, violating the Act Article 4(2)(e),” the order said.

Article 4(2) of the Competition Law is related to abuse of a dominant position.

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Tom Holland to star alongside Matt Damon in Christopher Nolan’s next, will juggle that with Spider-Man 4 in 2025

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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.

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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.

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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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