Apple on Monday presented an appeal against the EU decision to smash the company 500 million € (around $ 580 million) to not comply Multiple Reports.
The European Commission released the fine in April, saying that Apple did not meet the Digital Markets (DMA) rules to allow developers to accept payments for their programs outside Apple’s ecosystem.
Apple Revised its fee structure for programs distributing In the EU at the end of June with a more complicated framework, which includes an initial acquisition fee, a fee of store services, along with a core technology commission to accommodate alternative payment methods. This move is likely to avoid further fines of the European Commission.
“We believe that the European Commission’s decision – and their unprecedented fine – goes far more than what the law requires. As our appeal will show, the EC orders how we arrange our shop and force business terms that are confused for developers and bad for users,” Bloomberg quoted Apple in a statement.
Apple did not immediately return a request for comment.
