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Apple Fined Millions By EU After Refusing To Show Cheaper Subscription Charges

Apple Fined Millions By EU After Refusing To Show Cheaper Subscription Charges

European Union watchdogs have fined Apple and Meta hundreds of millions of euros as they stepped up enforcement of the 27-nation bloc's digital competition rules.

The European Commission imposed a 500 million-euro ($A896 million) fine on Apple for preventing app makers pointing users to cheaper options outside its App Store.

The commission, which is the EU's executive arm, also fined Meta Platforms 200 million euros because it forced Facebook and Instagram users to choose between seeing ads or paying to avoid them.

The punishments announced on Wednesday were smaller than the blockbuster multibillion-euro fines that the commission has previously slapped on Big Tech companies in antitrust cases.

The decisions were expected to come in March, but officials apparently held off amid an escalating trans-Atlantic trade war with US President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly complained about regulations from Brussels affecting American companies.

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