According to the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service,Apple paid off 1.2 billion rubles (approximately RMB 98.04 million) in antitrust fines on January 19.According to reports, the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service ruled in July 2022 that Apple violated Russian antitrust laws. On January 17, 2023, the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service issued a fine of 1.2 billion rubles to Apple.
The reason for issuing the fine is that Apple used the Apple Pay system in conjunction with the software developed in Russia.Reject third-party payment for Russian developers.
The Russian Antimonopoly Service stated that the AppStore prohibits iOS app developers from informing users in their apps that they can pay for purchases outside the AppStore or use other payment methods.
at the same time,Apple requires developers to delete pointing external links and change app functions, otherwise their apps will not be allowed to be listed on the App Store.
It is reported that this move is suspected of monopolizing the rights and interests of developers and consumers.
It is worth noting that in July 2022,Russia also asked Apple to store iCloud data locally, but Apple refused the request. Subsequently, Russia issued a fine of 2 million rubles.
Apple iCloud data is usually encrypted and stored on third-party cloud storage services, such as Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure.
Apple complies with Chinese rules and stores data in Guizhou, and Cloud Guizhou is responsible for storing Apple users’ iCloud data.