Apple accused of ‘rigging the playing field’ in potential lawsuit over iCloud

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A proposed class action lawsuit accuses Apple of anti-competitive behavior regarding iCloud.
The filing claims that Apple’s monopoly in cloud storage has allowed it to mark up iCould prices to the point where it generates “almost pure profit.”
The suit alleges the firm restricts some file storage to iCloud to dominate the market.

Apple currently has its hands full attempting to appeal the €1.8 billion ($1.95 billion) fine levied upon it by the European Commission over the App Store’s “anti-steering” provisions. But that may not be the only legal trouble the company has to worry about. A proposed lawsuit argues Apple’s iCloud has a monopoly over the cloud storage market.

According to Bloomberg, plaintiffs in a proposed class action lawsuit claim Apple is “rigging the competitive playing field” through its iCloud practices. As a result, the suit argues that the tech giant has a monopoly, dominating with a 70% share of the market.

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