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Apple’s mobile browser policies and Google pact are ‘holding back innovation,’ UK regulator says
A UK inquiry has found that Apple’s policies are "holding back innovation in the browsers we use to access the web on mobile phones."
The following year, the CMA confirmed it was launching a formal antitrust probe into this Android-iOS “mobile duopoly,” focused on browsers and cloud gaming, noting at the time that it had concerns that they could be restricting competition and harming consumers. We are concerned that the interventions discussed in the report for future consideration under the Digital Markets, Competition, and Consumers Act would undermine user privacy and security and hinder our ability to make the kind of technology that sets Apple apart. A Google spokesperson said that “Android’s openness has helped to expand choice, reduce prices and democratize access to smartphones and apps,” adding that it will “continue to engage constructively with the CMA on these matters in the months ahead.”
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