France’s antitrust regulator fined ₹1,388 crore to iPhone maker Apple; here’s why

France’s antitrust watchdog, the French Competition Authority (FCA), on Monday, March 31, fined €150 million or ₹1,388 crore to the US-based iPhone maker Apple Inc. over an alleged abuse of its market dominance in the distribution of mobile applications for iOS and iPads between April 2021, and July 2023, reported the news agency AP.

The competition regulator said that they found Apple’s App Tracking Transparency (ATT), a system which asks users for permission to track them, was not open to criticism.