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Martin Young4 hours agoApple sued for blocking crypto tech for P2P paymentsApple faces a class-action lawsuit over alleged anti-competitive conduct in the iOS peer-to-peer payments market.2451 Total views8 Total sharesListen to article 0:00NewsJoin us on social networksDisgruntled consumers have filed a class-action lawsuit against Apple, claiming the tech giant has conspired to limit peer-to-peer (P2P) payment options on its devices and block crypto technology from iOS payments apps.


The Nov. 17 complaint filed in a California District Court alleges Apple entered into anti-competitive agreements with PayPal’s Venmo and Block’s Cash App to restrict the use of decentralized cryptocurrency technology in payment apps, which caused users to pay “rapidly inflating prices.”


“These agreements limit feature competition—and the price competition that would flow from it—marketwide, including by barring the incorporation of decentralized cryptocurrency technology within existing or new iOS Peer-to-Peer Payment apps,” the filing says.


The plaintiffs also claimed Apple uses “technological and contractual restraints,” including hardware-enforced App Store exclusivity and “contractual limitations on web browser technology” to “exercise unfettered control over every app installed and run on iPhones and iPads.”


With these restraints, Apple can — and does — force new to-market iOS P2P payment apps to bar crypto “as a condition for entry,” the suit claimed.Excerpt of the suit alleging Apple restricts decentralized payment technology. Source: PACER


The plaintiffs describe themselves as customers who have paid inflated fees due to Apple’s restraints of trade across the iOS P2P payment market.


They seek to recover for excessive fees and overcharging due to Apple’s alleged anti-competitive conduct and injunctive relief barring the firm from continuing to enter into and enforce anti-competitive agreements restraining iOS P2P payment market competitors and would-be entrants.


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The 58-page filing details the history and rise of peer-to-peer payment apps, decentralized cryptocurrencies and Apple’s entry into the market.


In April, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Apple violated California’s competition laws by not allowing apps to direct users to non-Apple linked payment solutions.


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