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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday July 22 2020, @04:26PM   Printer-friendly
from the who-should-I-root-for-again? dept.

who am I rooting for again?

Microsoft Tells Congress That iOS App Store Is Anticompetitive:

US regulators are taking aim at big tech firms like Google, Apple, and Amazon, with the potential for antitrust cases later this year. A House committee is gearing up to question the CEOs of major technology companies, but Microsoft President Brad Smith has already chatted with the committee. Smith reportedly expressed concerns about Apple in particular, specifically when it comes to its handling of the App Store.

[...] According to Smith, the recent disagreement over the Basecamp Hey email app on iOS exemplifies the problem. The app needs a $99 annual subscription, but there was no way to purchase it in the app — users had to go to the web. That didn't please Apple, as it circumvented the 30 percent revenue charge. Apple resisted approving the app, only doing so when public pressure ramped up, and the developers added a 14-day free trial for iOS users.

[...] And that's at the heart of the antitrust probe: Is Apple harming competition with its policies now that iOS is one of two dominant mobile platforms? It might take a few years for the government to decide that one.


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by DannyB on Wednesday July 22 2020, @08:35PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday July 22 2020, @08:35PM (#1025101) Journal

    I hear you, but if those things are allowed to be, then Apple's App Store should be allowed to be only for Apple devices.

    Now that brings up something which is a subtly but importantly different thing.

    Apple's App Store is the ONLY app store for Apple devices.

    In other words, I don't care that Apple's app store doesn't have apps for Android. But (if I were an Apple user) I might very much care that the Apple store is the ONLY app store for my device.

    Android users have other ways to load apps onto their devices. Apple users do not (as I understand it, but would be happy to be corrected).

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