On Tuesday, Britain’s competition watchdog launched an in-depth investigation into the dominance of Apple and Google.cloud game(games hosted on remote servers), and Internet browsers on mobile devices. The two giants of Californiahave effective dominance of mobile ecosystems, allowing control over operating systems, app stores, and web browsers on mobile devices“, the competition authority (CMA) noted.
So in 2021, 97% of all mobile internet browsing in the UK took place on browsers powered by Apple or Google technology, the CMA said in a statement. The controller will now run “an in-depth investigation into how Apple and Google dominate the mobile browser market and how Apple restricts gamingin its application portal. Great Britain hasover 800,000 users of cloud gaming services“and”Limitations on mobile device distribution may hinder the growth of this sector“And fine the players, according to the competition police.
The stakes are high. CMA Indicators “several billion pounds» the weight of the sector in the British economy. At the same time “Apple and Google argued that the restrictions were necessary to protect users“according to the British government, which states that its investigation”consider these concerns and decide whether new rules are needed“.
“We’ve helped millions of developers turn their brightest ideas into apps“, in a passage that creates”hundreds of thousands of jobs in the UK aloneApple claimed in a statement sent to AFP on Tuesday. Google responded by saying that it “is committed to building open and thriving platforms that empower consumers and help developers build successful businesses“.
Its Android platformoffers users a greater selection of apps and app stores than any other mobile platform– confirmed the group. The CMA is conducting several investigations and procedures to try to limit the dominance of Gaffa (Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon) in the online technology market. The European Commission and the US Competition Authority (FTC) and many US states have also launched investigations and prosecutions against Gaffa.
Source: Le Figaro
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