Last June, when the watchdog launched cases against the two companies, Apple disagreed with an investigation showing its dominance, for undercutting their investment in “innovation, privacy, and user performance”, creating a leveled field for smaller developers. compete, Apple said.
While Google hasn’t responded on this occasion, it said in June that the Android operating system allows more choices for developers than any other platform, in addition to the fact that the Play Store has allowed the launch of millions of apps worldwide.
The CMA’s decision is a stark warning to both Apple and Google, as the agency already has important records with other companies, such as Meta, which were forced to sell Giphy, a gif library for the social network.
According to the organization, the fact that Meta has created an anti-competitive environment for the company, since it gave Mark Zuckerberg’s company the opportunity to restrict access to gifs for other social networking platforms, “makes the site less attractive to users and less competitive”.
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