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On Wednesday, the competition organizers in Britain were the environmental mobile systems of apple And Google, pushing the two companies to make changes to areas such as their application stores.
On Wednesday, the Competition and Markets Authority proposed the appointment of American technology giants as “strategic market situation” or SMS, after opening an investigation into the matter in January.
This classification is given to a large company that has a “great market power and auxiliary” and a “strategic importance” position regarding digital activity in the United Kingdom
CMA can force companies that are described as containing SMS to change or stop specific behaviors or practices in order to address competition concerns.
Britain’s organizer has focused on investigating Apple and Google mobile operating systems for mobile phones, application store and browser. One aspect of the investigation searched whether there are barriers that may prevent other competitors from providing competitive products and services for technology mobile platforms in the United States.
Check another part of the investigation whether Apple and Google use their location in operating systems, applications or browsers for their own applications and services.
The last aspect of the investigation studied whether Apple and Google requires developers to register on “unfair terms and conditions” in order to distribute their applications through the relevant application stores.
Google’s Android operating system orders slightly over 61 % in the UK market, while IOS of Apple has a little more than 38 %, according to Kantar data. Google runs the Google Play Store and Chrome, and Apple includes the application store and Safari browser.
American technology giants face European audit
Regulatory problems in Apple and Google on the continent of Europe continue to deepen them.
In April, European Union organizers Apple hit a fine of 500 million euros ($ 587 million) to violate the Digital Markets Law (DMA) – a historical law aimed at addressing technological competition issues.
Apple has been forced to make a number of changes in the way it works in the European Union this year. This includes allowing developers to tell their users about cheaper alternatives and bypassing the Apple payment system in the application.
However, some changes did not satisfy the European Union organizers. Apple unveiled in June a complex system for the application store fees in an attempt to comply with DMA and avoid a fine of 500 million euros. Apple plans to resume the fine.
Apple has long argued that the forced changes led by organizations in its operations can lead to privacy and safety problems for users and the conditions of the confusing business of developers
In March, the European Union from Google Parent Alphabet was accused of failing to comply with DMA. European Commission, European Union executive arm, He said Google treats its own search services more than competitors. The committee added that the Google App Store prevents developers from directing the consumer to other channels to get better offers.
The research giant is also looking to fight a fine of 4.1 billion euros, which arose from the anti -monopoly issue dating back to 2018.
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2025-07-23 10:44:00
