The filing was made after the Competition Commission of India started reviewing allegations that Apple hurts competition by forcing app developers to use its proprietary system which can charge commissions of up to 30% on in-app purchases.
The complainant in the case, a little-known non-profit group called"Together We Fight Society", said that Apple with iOS dominates the market for non-licensable mobile operating systems. The U.S. tech company did not give any evidence in its submission to support its claim. The non-profit told Reuters that Apple's remark was"made to prejudice the mind" of the CCI"without any iota of proof."
Apple's iOS powered about 2% of 520 million smartphones in India as of end-2020 with the rest using Android, according to Counterpoint Research, though it adds that Apple's smartphone base in the country has more than doubled in the last five years.Apple has been grappling with similar allegations in other parts of the world.