Report: India may be next in line to mandate changes to Apple’s in-app payment rules

Report: India may be next in line to mandate changes to Apple’s in-app payment rules

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https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/02/report-india-may-be-next-in-line-to-mandate-changes-to-apples-in-app-payment-rules/

Summer is still technically in session, but a snowball is slowly developing in the world of apps, and specifically the world of in-app payments. A report in Reuters today says that the Competition Commission of India, the country’s monopoly regulator, will soon be looking at an antitrust suit filed against Apple over how it mandates that app developers use Apple’s own in-app payment system — thereby giving Apple a cut of those payments — when publishers charge users for subscriptions and other items in their apps.

The suit, filed by an Indian non-profit called “Together We Fight Society”, said in a statement to Reuters that it was representing consumer and startup interests in its complaint.