Spain's antitrust watchdog opens investigation into Apple's app store
Spain's antitrust regulator said on Wednesday it had opened an investigation into possible anti-competitive behaviour by Apple's App Store, an allegation the tech giant denied.
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The CNMC, as the regulator is known, said that Apple may have imposed unequal commercial conditions on developers of mobile applications sold at its app marketplace.
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Apple denied imposing unequal commercial conditions on mobile application developers.
«Spanish developers of all sizes compete on a level playing field on the App Store,» it said in a statement.
«Apple will continue to work with the Spanish Competition Authority to understand and respond to their concerns,» the statement said.
The CNMC investigation follows two different ones opened against the tech giant by the European Commission: one on whether the company breached the bloc's landmark Digital Markets Act which seeks to ensure a level playing field for
