France Threatens Apple With EU Action Over Removal of AppGratis

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Posted April 11, 2013 at 9:34pm by iClarified

France says it will ask the European Commission to more tightly regular Internet companies following Apple's decision to remove AppGratis from the App Store.

A French-designed app, AppGratis sent one push notification per day to users informing them of a hand-picked and tested application that was worth downloading.

Apple removed AppGratis from the App Store for displaying "Apps other than your own for purchase or promotion in a manner similar to or confusing with the App Store" and using "Push Notifications to send advertising, promotions, or direct marketing".

During a visit to AppGratis publisher iMediapp, French junior minister for digital economy Fleur Pellerin called Apple's decision "extremely brutal and unilateral.... This behaviour is not worthy of a company of this size," Pellerin said.

She added that certain Internet companies were guilty of "repeated abusive behaviour" and said she would ask the European Commission and EU member states to better regulate digital platforms, search engines and social media.

According to a recent report, Apple's removal of App Gratis from the App Store is just the first step in a broader enforcement action.

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The Programmer - April 13, 2013 at 12:51am

This whole smartphone era is getting out of control!... Im gonna reconnect my pager and start using pay-phones again!...lol... Bring back the Pager!!!!!!!!!!!

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rockne1865 - April 12, 2013 at 2:10pm

Jobs & Apple has had a Monopoly since day one! But Microsoft never has!

Maverick - April 12, 2013 at 12:49pm

How can a company dictate what we shoul or should not use. I guess Apple didnt learn from the mistake first time and this time they dont have Steve to cover their mistakes. Its heartbreaking to see falling of such a great legacy...

rockne1865 - April 12, 2013 at 5:59am

Hey I have the IPhone 5 has anybody else noticed how cheap the charge wire is, the ground wire is made from Aluminum & only takes a few bends before it breaks! In three weeks I replaced the wire 4 times finely I got a Rocketfish wire & a Griffin wire the Griffin wire is 9 feet long! But thick the Rocketfish wire is three feet long flexible & thin! I bought a wire off eBay & it doesn't work not sure why!

AppleBoringNow - April 12, 2013 at 5:50am

This is about money again!!

rockne1865 - April 12, 2013 at 5:44am

Nobody but Apple! If you come up with a Great Idea Apple will steal it! Not only that but Apple will remove yours from the App Store so you can not compete with them look at all the ideas they stole from software writers on Cydia's store!

chase - April 13, 2013 at 8:52am

What idea did they "steal"? An app that recommends other apps? Isn't that actually what their whole home page for the App Store is all about? Discovering new & popular apps...

chase - April 13, 2013 at 9:11am

Also, if Apple is guilty for theft because they saw other things working well and decided to implement them, then every company making smartphones is guilty of stealing the smartphone idea from Apple. It's a slippery argument here. If companies aren't allowed to look at other products and try to improve upon them, then there would be no change or growth in the products they offer us.

bleedingme - April 11, 2013 at 10:39pm

cool... better to get Nokia 3210 instead of my dreamy iPhone