Dutch Consumer Watchdog Gives Apple Fifth $5.7 Million Fine in App Store Dispute

Dutch Consumer Watchdog Gives Apple Fifth $5.7 Million Fine in App Store Dispute
Logo at an Apple store in Wash., on Jan. 27, 2022. Joshua Roberts/Reuters
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AMSTERDAM—The Dutch antitrust watchdog fined Apple 5 million euros ($5.7 million) on Monday, the fifth such penalty in successive weeks in a row over access to non-Apple payment methods for subscriptions to dating apps.

The Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) says the iPhone maker is abusing a dominant market position by failing to allow software application makers in the Netherlands to use other payment methods for dating apps accessible via its App Store.