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55 Chinese iPhone Users File Antitrust Complaint Against Apple With SAMR

Complainants seek a faster regulatory response through an administrative antitrust filing with China’s market watchdog.

Overview

  • The group of iPhone and iPad owners alleges Apple abuses market dominance by limiting iOS app downloads to the App Store.
  • The complaint further claims Apple requires its In‑App Purchase system for digital goods and charges commissions up to 30%.
  • Lawyer Wang Qiongfei leads the filing after a similar 2021 civil case was dismissed by a Shanghai court.
  • Wang has appealed the earlier case to the Supreme People’s Court, which heard arguments in December and has not issued a ruling.
  • Apple has not commented on the new complaint, which cites the company’s allowance of alternative payments and third‑party app stores in the EU and US under regulatory pressure.