Apple becomes the latest target of German antitrust crackdown
Germany's Federal Cartel Office to focus on the App Store and whether Apple has created a dominant business around its iPhone
21 June 2021 - 16:54
Apple became the latest target of a German antitrust crackdown on tech giants’ market power with a wide-ranging probe examining the company’s “digital ecosystem.”
The nation’s Federal Cartel Office said Monday it will focus on the App Store and whether Apple has created a dominant business around its iPhone and operating system iOS that extends across several markets. Since the start of the year, the agency has opened similar investigations against Facebook , Google and Amazon.com ...
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