Apple has issued an appeal following the decision of an antitrust regulator in Brazil, which requires the company to enable sideloading or face daily fines.
In 2022, an antitrust complaint against Apple was filed with the Brazilian regulator CADE, short for Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Economica. The complaint argued that Apple forced developers into using its own payment system. Following an investigation into the company, a ruling was issued against Apple in November 2024.
CADE gave Apple 20 days to lift restrictions on in-app payment methods and steering customers to external websites. If Apple fails to comply, it could face a fine of R$250,000, or roughly $43,000 per day. Now, Apple has filed an appeal, calling the ruling “arbitrary” and saying that it “drastically threatens” user privacy and security.
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