Which? Sues Apple Over iCloud

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U.K. consumer rights group Which?’ is filing a legal claim against Apple under competition law on behalf of some 40 million users of iCloud .

The collective proceeding lawsuit, which is seeking 3 billion in compensation damages ( around $3.8 billion at current exchange rates), alleges that Apple has broken competition rules by giving its own cloud storage service preferential treatment and effectively locking people into paying for iCloud .

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