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Title: UK competition authority formally investigating iPhone App Store monopoly Post by: HCK on January 28, 2025, 04:05:04 pm UK competition authority formally investigating iPhone App Store monopoly
<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/09/App-Store-prices.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600)</div><p>The UK government today announced (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cma-to-investigate-apple-and-googles-mobile-ecosystems) that the Competition and Markets Authority has launched strategic market status investigations into mobile ecosystems, specifically the App Store models of iPhone and Android. </p> <p>The report says it will assess Apple’s market power, and potential exploitative conduct. This includes options for app distribution to customers, and the terms app developers must agree to to be listed in the App Store in the first place. </p> <a data-layer-pagetype="post" data-layer-postcategory="app-store,iphone" data-layer-viewtype="unknown" data-post-id="987191" href="https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/23/uk-competition-authority-formally-investigating-iphone-app-store-monopoly/#more-987191" class="more-link">more…[/url] Source: UK competition authority formally investigating iPhone App Store monopoly (https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/23/uk-competition-authority-formally-investigating-iphone-app-store-monopoly/) |