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UK Competition agency will investigate Apple's App Store rules. I wrote about this last summer: the principle of rules, a sandbox and a store are good, but Apple's rules are a mess and the in-app payment rules stopped making sense a decade ago. https://t.co/O1S1OcuCgW
— Benedict Evans (@benedictevans) March 4, 2021
Another App Store Antitrust investigation gets underway in the UK: "We know that businesses, as well as consumers, may suffer real harm if anti-competitive practices by big tech go unchecked." ? https://t.co/ERTFHhwdE8
— DHH (@dhh) March 4, 2021
“This will be the first time the EU has brought formal charges against Apple, after opening up a series of antitrust probes into the company’s business practices” ??? https://t.co/9UkgAR3IFh
— DHH (@dhh) March 4, 2021
I wonder if it's time for Apple to stop charging a 30% cut in markets, like Music, where it also directly competes. https://t.co/7kUHJAjKiB
— Lance Ulanoff (@LanceUlanoff) March 4, 2021
Fresh of an initial investigation into Apple's business practices in the UK, Brussels is now getting ready to charge Apple of distorting competition in its App Store https://t.co/mXeQBFK5R3
— Javier Espinoza (@JavierespFT) March 4, 2021
A few notes on Apple's clarification of 'default audio apps' in iOS 14.5: https://t.co/heQD8cdGpc
— Federico Viticci (@viticci) March 4, 2021
And rightly so. Apple's treatment of app developers as second class citizens is no longer acceptable. I am delighted the claims made by our clients have received the attention of the CMA. https://t.co/xVaBXsjKz4
— damien geradin (@GeradinLaw) March 4, 2021
“Apple said in a statement that it looks forward to working with the CMA”, lol. We just loooove all these investigations into our illegal monopoly practices, here at Apple ? https://t.co/UOGjd4Bcst
— DHH (@dhh) March 4, 2021
Our investigation will consider Apple's market position, and whether it’s imposing unfair and anti-competitive terms on developers.
— Competition & Markets Authority (@CMAgovUK) March 4, 2021
Find out more: https://t.co/fpUu3xVG2l
iOS 14.5 can't set a default music app for Siri, just a preference https://t.co/E1Q7ZJguT4
— iMore (@iMore) March 4, 2021
Apple clarifies that iOS 14.5 won’t let you permanently choose a new default music service https://t.co/E2c5NiUdo5 pic.twitter.com/KOhFyQt312
— The Verge (@verge) March 4, 2021