Proton joins suit against Apple for predatory practices that harm developers

Earlier today, Proton filed court papers in the US District Court for the Northern District of California to join an existing class-action lawsuit against Apple. Proton is a plaintiff in the case, but we are representing and suing on behalf of a class of similarly situated developers. Challenging one of the most powerful corporations in the history of capitalism is not a decision we make lightly, but Proton has long championed online freedom, privacy, and security, and we believe this action is necessary to ensure the internet of the future lives up to its potential.

The remedies we are seeking would address many of the social ills mentioned above, ensuring that the internet of the future can continue to protect privacy and democracy. Mobile apps are now the dominant platform of the internet and the way the bulk of the world interacts with one another and with the web. Even if app stores started out as niche markets, today they are a critical component of the internet and fundamental to democracy. It is more essential than ever that we fight to create mobile ecosystems that are truly free, competitive, and not beholden to whichever dictator corporate leaders are currently bowing down to.

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crazy enough these are reasons for me not to be using an iphone. But yeah it is rather ridiculous that you cannot change the default calendar app or do background syncing which is an issue for something like proton drive.

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next time if you post in news tho please put an actual news article not a blog of any company :slight_smile: like:

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/swiss-privacy-tech-firm-proton-sues-apple-us-over-app-store-rules-2025-06-30/

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this makes no sense, this is proton’s doing, not an SEO “Top X (thing)” junk or something, it is fine to keep the link from them.

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Reputable news outlets are preferred (in the General > News category) because they are likely to be more impartial and precise than a companies own blog post.

As far as I understand Apple has started allowing some editing apps to export in the background on iPadOS. Hopefully they’ll be forced to allow that more broadly.

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