- The Watchdog of the British competition aims at Apple and Google competition practices in its application stores
- Apple and Google can be found as having a “significant market status” via their “mobile ecosystems” and be forced to make changes to its operating systems in the territory
- Surveys have a deadline of October 22, 2025
The British government has announced the launch of two antitrust surveys on Apple and Google mobile ecosystems by the country’s watchdog, competition and authority markets (CMA).
In the press release that accompanies it, the AMC has defined a mobile ecosystem as including “operating systems, application stores and browsers that work on mobile devices”.
The fundamental elements of the survey include the extent of the competition between the ecosystems of Apple and Google, how each company can exploit its power to maintain attention “in other activities” and promote their own platforms, and if One or the other company operates the developers of applications by strong armaments them in unjust terms and conditions in order to have their products accepted in their respective application stores.
CMA Apple and Google survey
The CMA cites such “potential driving requirements” to allow users to download applications or content integrated into other sources “more easily” beyond its own application stores. Currently, while Android de Google is a more open operating system that allows, Apple is much more a “enclosed garden”.
Speaking on behalf of the CMA, its CEO Sarah Cardell said that “more competitive mobile ecosystems could promote new innovations and new opportunities in a range of services that millions of people use, whether it is stores applications, browsers or operating systems. “
“Better competition,” she said, “could also stimulate growth here in the United Kingdom, with companies capable of offering new types of innovative products and services on Apple and Google platforms. »»
The two surveys have a statutory deadline of October 22, 2025 and follow the announcement of a similar survey on the status of the strategic market (SMS) on Google’s impact on Google’s search engine, advertisers and publishers , as well as his own rivals.
The announcement by the AMC of its investigation into the monopolies of the App Store Mobile also follows its denomination of Doug Gurr, former director of the country for Amazon Uk and president of Amazon China, as interim president a few days more early.
In this press release, the British government said Gurr, currently director of the Natural History Museum, will lead the CMA in “[ing] growth for [the country]».
