Days after the Competition Commission of India (CCI) vs Google saga unfolded, the regulator is now reportedly about to complete its investigation into the iPhone maker and tech giant Apple. As per updates, CCI’s probe against Apple is with regards to the app store and billing policies of Apple.
According to a report in the Economic Times, CCI’s findings after the probe against Apple are in line with what the regulator identified in an enquiry against Google. If this happens, the iPhone maker may reportedly have to then change its app store billing and commission policies.
The report adds that CCI launched this probe into Apple’s policies way back in December 2021 after complaints surfaced, of alleged high commission charged by Apple and the lack of third-party payment options. These allegations were fired by a not-for-profit Together We Fight Society.
Hence, soon after these allegations came to light, even Alliance of Digital India Foundation (ADIF) and Match Group, a tech company, reportedly discovered similar cases against Apple, which were ultimately clubbed with CCI’s mentioned probe.
“We’ve been informed that a full investigation is in place in the Apple matter....The findings of the probe are very much in line with what the CCI said on the Google Play billing issue.....The only reason why it has not been released yet is because of the absence of a sitting chairperson for the CCI,” the Economic Times quoted a source as saying.
Over the last couple of months, the Google vs CCI saga got a lot of eyeballs as the regulator slapped the tech giant with more than one penalty. Soon after this, Google also approached the Supreme Court of India in one of the cases, arguing that the assessment by CCI was not accurate.
