Aditya Kalra (@adityakalra) “📱 Apple says India's antitrust investigators "copy-pasted" rivals' claims -- wo” — TopicDigg

📱 Apple says India's antitrust investigators "copy-pasted" rivals' claims -- word for word in some cases -- in concluding the U.S. tech giant broke competition laws. Details of Apple's sharpest escalation yet in a case that's been running for years.... Read for details.. 📱In confidential June 25 submissions to the Competition Commission Of India, Apple drew up tables showing its opponents' paragraphs were lifted verbatim into the regulator's reports. 📱The list of rivals whose claims were allegedly copied: Match Group (Tinder's owner), PhonePe, and Paytm. Apple is asking for the entire investigation to be quashed. 📱Apple also said the CCI investigation reports "blindly replicated" a graphic on worldwide consumer spending on mobile apps and games from an EU ruling against Apple in 2024, even though India faced different market conditions. A Reuters review of footnotes of the EU order and Indian investigation report showed both referenced data from Statista 📱The company also says investigators never gave it "a single opportunity to record its statements and provide oral evidence." Google, by contrast, got multiple hearings in its own CCI case. 📱Apple talks about its track record, too. If CCI does consider penalties, Apple said it must consider its "unblemished record" and the fact that it has exported iPhones worth $51 billion from India over the past five years. Edits @kate_mayberry