I just did a post on Epic Games being fined for not protecting children and did throw a bit of shade Epic Games way, but it’s only fair to highlight that Apple themselves were also fined 1 million euros in France for abusive commercial clauses on French app developers
Someone somewhere might be reading this and asking - did he just post this to balance the cosmic karma or is this gaming related ? - I say both, yes check and balance but also let’s hope some of those French developers kick out a few new games .
Reuters wroteThe Paris Commercial Court on Monday fined iPhone maker Apple (AAPL.O) just over 1 million euros ($1.06 million) for imposing abusive commercial clauses on French app developers for access to the company’s App Store, the court ruling showed.
The ruling, seen by Reuters, said there was no need to order Apple, which has a market value of about $2.1 trillion, to tweak the App Store’s clauses because the European Union’s incoming Digital Markets Act would require changes in any case.
source: https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-fined-1-mln-euros-by-paris-commercial-court-over-app-store-practices-2022-12-19/