A group of 55 Chinese iPhone and iPad users filed a complaint with China's market regulator, the State Administration for Market Regulation, on Monday, October 20, 2025. The complaint alleges that Apple abuses its dominant market position by restricting app distribution and payments to its own platforms while charging commissions as high as 30% on in-app purchases. The filing specifically accuses Apple of violating China's Anti-Monopoly Law by forcing consumers to use Apple's In-App Purchase system and limiting iOS app downloads exclusively to the App Store. This legal challenge scrutinizes Apple's practices in a key market at a time of heightened trade tensions between the U.S. and China.