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December 14, 2021 05:33 pm
Original Link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/21/12/14/1733245/apple-and-googles-mobile-duopoly-likely-to-face-uk-antitrust-action?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm
Apple and Google's Mobile Duopoly Likely To Face UK Antitrust Action
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. From a report: So it could mean good news for third-party developers trying to get oxygen for alternatives to dominant Apple and Google apps and services down the line. Publishing the first part of a wide-ranging mobile ecosystem market study -- which was announced this summer -- the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said today that it has "provisionally" found Apple and Google have been able to leverage their market power to create "largely self-contained ecosystems"; and that the degree of lock-in they wield is damaging competition by making it "extremely difficult for any other firm to enter and compete meaningfully with a new system." "The CMA is concerned that this is leading to less competition and meaningful choice for customers," the watchdog writes in a press release. "People also appear to be missing out on the full benefit of innovative new products and services -- such as so-called 'web apps' and new ways to play games through cloud services on iOS devices."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/21/12/14/1733245/apple-and-googles-mobile-duopoly-likely-to-face-uk-antitrust-action?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm
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