By Florence Loeve and Foo Yun Chee
March 31, 2025 – 7:06 AM PDT
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PARIS (Reuters) – Apple (AAPL.O) was hit with a 150 million euro ($162.4 million) fine by French antitrust regulators on Monday for abusing its dominant position in mobile app advertising on its devices via a privacy control tool.
The fine – the first by any antitrust regulator over Apple’s App Tracking Transparency tool – comes a year after the European Union hit the company with a 1.8 billion euro antitrust fine for thwarting rival music streaming services on its App Store.
The head of the French Competition Authority dismissed worries that the decision would prompt retaliation from U.S. President Donald Trump who has threatened to slap fines on EU countries fining U.S….
