UK Regulator Mulls Probe of Apple, Google Mobile Browser Duopoly

The UK regulator’s report raised particular concerns about Apple’s policies governing how mobile browsers operate on iPhones.
UK Regulator Mulls Probe of Apple, Google Mobile Browser Duopoly
A 3D-printed Google logo placed on the Apple Macbook in a photo illustration on April 12, 2020. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters
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A recent report by the UK’s regulator suggested a possible probe into Apple and Google’s mobile ecosystem activities under new digital markets competition rules, which will take effect next year.

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) released a report by an independent inquiry group on Nov. 22, which provisionally found that Apple and Google are capable of manipulating user choices to make their own browsers—Safari and Chrome, respectively—“the clearest or easiest option.”