Russian antitrust agency complains to Apple over users' limited payment services
ETtech.com - 2024-04-04T08:49:00.000Z

Russia's antitrust agency on Thursday said it had written to Apple, asking the U.S. tech giant to explain why Russian users of Apple devices do not have access to full functionality of banking and payment services. Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment outside U.S. business hours. Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has fined Apple around $26 million in the last two years related to what it described as Apple's abuse of its dominant position concerning the mobile...

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