Apple tries to overturn court ruling
Apple has announced plans to challenge a UK court ruling.
Apple is seeking to overturn a UK court ruling.
The tech giant has announced that it's set to contest a £1.5 billion court ruling on behalf of millions of UK customers, after the company was accused of overcharging consumers for years through the App Store.
Dr Rachael Kent, an academic at King’s College London who won the £1.5 billion case against Apple on behalf of UK consumers, said in a statement: "It’s definitely a tipping point.
"People are pushing back against the harms from digital worlds, which they have to be living in and through every day and the financial implications of that."
If Apple is unsuccessful with its appeal, every UK consumer who made App Store purchases between 2015 and 2024 could be entitled to a payout.
Consumer activist Liz Coll told the Guardian newspaper: "These types of large collective proceedings are new in the UK, but I’m really excited about the potential of the Kent decision to not only make people aware they were paying too much for apps through opaque commission but also that there is now a clear route to getting that put right.
"Where we need consumers to get really active now is in claiming back the money they’re owed."
