France Fines Apple $162 Million, Alleging Privacy Tool Violated Competition Law

France's competition regulator has fined Apple 150 million euros (about $162 million), alleging that the company's App Tracking Transparency (ATT) made the use of third-party applications in the iOS environment "excessively complex." This complexity amounted to abuse of Apple's dominant position in the distribution of mobile apps on iOS and iPadOS devices between April 2021 and July 2023, the Autorité de la concurrence said in a Monday (March 31) press release. "As part of its investigation into the merits ...