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Apple reportedly facing first-ever EU fine over App Store rules

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Apple will soon become the first company to incur a fine for violating the European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA), reports Bloomberg. Sources tell the outlet that the Commission is getting ready to levy the penalty after it found that Apple's anti-steering" practices harmed competition on the App Store.

This follows the EU's 1.84 billion (around $2 billion) fine imposed on Apple in March. After investigating a complaint from Spotify, the EU Commission ruled that Apple restricted developers' ability to point users to cheaper purchases outside the App Store in March - a practice that's illegal under the DMA.

We still don't know how much the EU will fine Apple, but the DMA rules say companies can be charged up to 10 percent of annual...

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