In a decision of 24 August 2021, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (the ACM) ordered Apple to adjust the unreasonable conditions in its Apple App Store (the “App Store”) that apply to dating-app developers. A summary decision was not published until 24 December 2021 [1] after Apple first started interim relief proceedings to block the publication of the decision and to suspend the penalties in case of non-compliance. These requests were (largely) denied by a Christmas Eve judgment of the Rotterdam District Court of 24 December 2021. [2] And as summarized below, there have been additional developments since that judgment was entered. App Store conditions App developers pay Apple an annual program fee of 99 US dollars in local currency for use of the App Store. In
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The Rotterdam District Court largely denies a Big Tech company’s requests to block the Dutch Competition Authority’s publication of decision and fines in abuse of dominance case against dating-app developers (Apple)
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