Apple pourrait faire face à une amende antitrust de 38 milliards de dollars en Inde

Gold Finance reports that on April 21, according to Caixin, due to failure to submit relevant data in an antitrust case, Indian regulators have decided to accelerate the decision on fines against Apple, with the maximum fine potentially reaching 38 billion USD, and a final hearing scheduled for May 21.
This antitrust case began in 2021. That year, the Indian startup alliance and Tinder’s parent company Match filed a lawsuit against Apple, alleging that Apple forces developers to use its exclusive in-app purchase system and charges high commissions, suspected of abusing market dominance.
In 2024, India introduced new antitrust regulations, explicitly stating that regulators can calculate fines based on the company’s global turnover, rather than solely on domestic turnover. Apple filed a lawsuit in the Delhi High Court in November 2025, questioning the legality of the new regulation, claiming that if calculated at 10% of the average global service revenue over the past three fiscal years, the maximum fine could reach 38 billion USD. In January this year, the Indian Competition Commission opposed Apple’s objections.