Samsung and Apple forced phone-slowing updates on users in Italy, received a fine

Samsung and Apple forced phone-slowing updates on users in Italy, received a fine

Nearly an year ago, in January 2018, Italy government begun its investigation of Samsung and Apple’s antitrust violations. Investigation when Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM for short) discovered that both companies have intentionally updated its devices in Italy (and other countries as well, at least in case of Apple’s infamous battery and Samsung’s Note 4 updates) with performance-throttling software, with their goal being to incentivize users to buy newer devices. These actions have been found in violation of a number of Italy’s consumer protection laws, although it is still unknown whether Samsung had malicious intent or was its software unintentionally faulty.

We do not know the size of fines nor their payment’s deadline, but they can be presumed to be pretty significant.

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