Dutch watchdog fines Apple 5 million euros for failure to comply on app store


FILE PHOTO An Apple logo is seen at the entrance of an Apple Store in downtown Brussels Belgium March 10 2016.   REUTERSYves Herman

FILE PHOTO: An Apple logo is seen at the entrance of an Apple Store in downtown Brussels, Belgium March 10, 2016. REUTERS/Yves Herman

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Apple was fined 5 million euros ($5.65 million) by the Dutch antitrust regulator on Monday for failing to comply with an order to open its app store to allow dating app providers in the Netherlands to use alternative payment methods.

Apple on Jan. 15 said it had complied with the December order https://www.reuters.com/technology/apples-app-store-broke-competition-laws-dutch-watchdog-says-2021-12-24 from the Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) - but the regulator said on Monday Apple had not.

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