Dutch Regulator Stands Firm on Apple Fines

The Dutch competition watchdog, ACM, has rejected Apple's objections to fines totaling 50 million euros ($53 million) for failure to comply with orders to limit the dominant position of Apple's App Store. While Apple has complied with most of the demands to open its App Store to alternative forms of payment for dating apps in the Netherlands, it has not met an undisclosed third element of the conditions related to the fines. Apple plans to appeal the decision in the Netherlands courts.