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Apple faces a lawsuit in China over its App Store practices

Apple China says 95% of the revenue the country’s app store generated last year was paid to Chinese developers.

Another day, another lawsuit. A Chinese court has agreed to hear a lawsuit filed by a local developer against Apple’s App Store practices, “only the second time the iPhone maker has had to defend its decade-old model in the world’s biggest mobile arena,” reports Bloomberg (a subscription is required to read the entire article).

Beijing’s intellectual property court has accepted a complaint filed by the company behind the Bodyreader app, which Apple removed from the iPhone store in 2020, according to a filing seen by Bloomberg News. Bodyreader argues that Apple’s enforcement of App Store policies is inconsistent. 

The app developers are seeking monetary damages, an apology, and a court declaration that Apple engages in unfair monopolistic behavior. They also want the tech giant Apple be forced to allow third-party app stores and external payment links.

Dennis Sellers
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Dennis Sellers is the editor/publisher of Apple World Today. He’s been an “Apple journalist” since 1995 (starting with the first big Apple news site, MacCentral). He loves to read, run, play sports, and watch movies.