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Apple facing near-£3bn UK lawsuit over cloud storage ‘monopoly’ (www.theguardian.com)
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Apple is facing a near-£3bn lawsuit over claims it breached competition law by effectively locking millions of UK consumers into its cloud storage service at “rip-off” prices.

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[–] Squizzy 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

They are not a trillion dollae revenue company, not to defend them but it would still hurt. Assuming 50% of the UK population is paying £2 a month for 1tb of storage that £70m a month which is £840m a year. The fine would be three and half years earnings on this product.

[–] ozymandias117 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Wait - you can get 1tb for £2 there?

I wouldn't mind as much if it was that price.

[–] Squizzy 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Comparing the euro price is 2.99 for 1tb so I asumed the £ price would be rounded and lower.

[–] ozymandias117 1 points 14 hours ago

We only get 200 GiB for that price in the USA - I was surprised they offer so much more over there