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JOHANNESBURG – Apple is in a showdown with its customers as iPhone users want to sue the company for monopolizing the Apple app store.
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Users complain that Apple is preventing them from buying software from third-party markets.
This inflates prices on the App Store, Apple levies a commission of 30% on all sales.
Apple has argued that its customers can not pursue it because they are not its direct buyers.
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The Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling by the end of June on whether iPhone owners can or can not present such a case.
An antitrust lawsuit could open the door to further litigation by consumers.
This could affect other companies such as Google and Amazon, which also operate their own application markets.
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