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Apple and Google’s mobile duopoly likely to face UK antitrust action – TechCrunch

Apple and Google’s mobile duopoly likely to face UK antitrust action – TechCrunch

The U.K.’s antitrust watchdog has given the clearest signal yet that interventions under an upcoming reform of the country’s competition rules will target tech giants Apple and Google — including their duopolistic command of the mobile market, via iOS and Android; their respective app stores; and the browsers and services bundled with mobile devices running their OSes. So it could mean good news for third-party developers trying to get oxygen for alternatives to dominant Apple and… Source link

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UK’s CMA opens market study into Apple, Google’s mobile “duopoly” – TechCrunch

UK’s CMA opens market study into Apple, Google’s mobile “duopoly” – TechCrunch

The UK’s competition watchdog will take a deep dive look into Apple and Google’s dominance of the mobile ecosystem, it said today — announcing a market study which will examine the pair’s respective smartphone platforms (iOS and Android); their app stores (App Store and Play Store); and web browsers (Safari and Chrome).  The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is concerned that the mobile platform giants’ “effective duopoly” in those areas  might be harming… Source link

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