"Britain's antitrust watchdog on Wednesday targeted Google and Apple for their "strategic" roles in mobile ecosystems, opening the door for regulators to impose changes to their business practices to improve competition. The Competition and Markets Authority escalated scrutiny of the two U.S. tech companies by labeling them with "strategic market status." It follows separate investigations that the CMA opened at the start of the year into Google's Android and Apple's iOS using newly acquired digital market regulations"
"Google called the decision "disappointing, disproportionate and unwarranted," and has contended previously that Android has saved app developers money because they didn't have to adapt to different operating models for each smartphone. "Following the CMA's decision today, our mobile business in the UK faces a set of new - and, as of yet, uncertain - rules," said Oliver Bethell, senior competition director at Google. "The CMA's next steps will be crucial if the UK's digital markets regime is to meet its promise of being pro-growth and pro-innovation.""
Britain's Competition and Markets Authority labeled Google and Apple with strategic market status because of their dominant positions in mobile ecosystems. The designation grants the CMA authority to impose targeted measures to increase competition and ensure fair treatment of consumers and businesses. The move follows investigations into Google's Android and Apple's iOS under newly enacted digital markets regulations. Google criticized the designation as disproportionate and warned that its UK mobile operations will face new uncertain rules. The CMA said strategic market status does not indicate wrongdoing and highlighted an effective duopoly, with roughly 90–100% of mobile devices in Britain running on the two platforms.
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