The US has sued Apple, alleging it unfairly limits competition and controls the smartphone market. The lawsuit cites five key areas where Apple is accused of stifling competition, including cloud gaming apps. According to the lawsuit, Apple has blocked developers from offering cloud gaming apps on the App Store, which would allow users to play…
The European Union is currently investigating Apple’s decision to revoke Epic Games’ iOS developer account. This move came after Apple canceled a developer account in Sweden that Epic had recently obtained to launch Fortnite and the Epic Games Store on Apple devices in Europe. The European Commission spokesperson mentioned that they have asked Apple for…
Epic Games’ plans to bring the Epic Games Store and Fortnite to iOS devices in Europe have been put on hold after Apple terminated its developer account. The company had announced in mid-February that it had obtained an Apple developer account to launch the Epic Games Store and Fortnite in Europe later this year. This…
Italy’s competition authority, the AGCM, has settled its investigation of Google’s data portability practices after the tech giant made commitments to make it easier for users to take their data elsewhere. The probe was initiated following a complaint from Weople, a local company that operates a direct marketing platform. Weople claimed that Google’s data portability…
European Union Launches Antitrust Investigation into Microsoft’s Bundling of Teams The European Union has finally announced a formal antitrust investigation of Microsoft’s bundling of Teams with Office 365 and Microsoft 365. The move comes two years after rival workplace comms company Slack complained to the bloc that Microsoft was unfairly bundling the collaboration and comms…
European Union Informs Tech Giants of Digital Markets Act’s Applicability Seven major tech giants, including Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple, ByteDance (TikTok), Meta (Facebook), Microsoft, and Samsung, have been notified by the European Union that they will fall under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), an antitrust regime. The DMA takes an ex ante approach to antitrust…
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