Apple May Lose Suit Against Broader German Antitrust Scrutiny.

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Apple Inc. is facing challenges in its attempt to overturn a German regulator's decision to subject it to tighter antitrust scrutiny. The Federal Cartel Office in Germany has imposed stricter rules on Apple due to concerns about its dominant position in digital markets potentially harming competition. The court's judges seem inclined to reject Apple's case, citing reasons such as the company's financial power, market shares, and bundling of hardware and software products. This case is part of Germany's efforts to regulate key tech companies, with previous cases involving Amazon and ongoing oversight of other tech giants like Meta Platforms Inc.'s Facebook, Alphabet Inc.'s Google, and Microsoft Corp. [Extracted from the article]

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