{"id":23734,"date":"2026-06-30T13:37:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T11:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/30\/uk-watchdog-plans-to-break-apple-and-googles-effective-duopoly-on-mobile-app-stores\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T13:37:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T11:37:18","slug":"uk-watchdog-plans-to-break-apple-and-googles-effective-duopoly-on-mobile-app-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/30\/uk-watchdog-plans-to-break-apple-and-googles-effective-duopoly-on-mobile-app-stores\/","title":{"rendered":"UK watchdog plans to break Apple and Google\u2019s \u2018effective duopoly\u2019 on mobile app stores"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CMA says developers should be able to steer users away from app stores for payments to increase competition<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/live\/2026\/jun\/30\/uk-living-standards-fall-fastest-growth-in-g7-andy-burnham-pound-bonds-live-news-updates\">Business live \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The UK\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/competition-commission\">competition watchdog<\/a> is challenging Apple and Google\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2025\/jul\/23\/uk-watchdog-to-take-action-over-apple-and-googles-mobile-platforms\">\u201ceffective duopoly\u201d over mobile platforms<\/a> by allowing developers to steer users away from their app stores to make purchases.<\/p>\n<p>The Competition and Markets Authority argues that consumers and app owners are being let down by Apple and Google restrictions on spending money outside their app stores.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2026\/jun\/30\/uk-apple-google-mobile-app-stores-developers-payment-cma\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ad84b52ab41b9c2f075bbac386766cf028d9c191\/330_0_4270_3419\/master\/4270.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=e03450bb1bff54e84b0dd7a6a3f79250\" title=\"UK watchdog plans to break Apple and Google\u2019s \u2018effective duopoly\u2019 on mobile app stores\" \/>CMA says developers should be able to steer users away from app stores for payments to increase competition<br \/>\nBusiness live \u2013 latest updates<br \/>\nThe UK\u2019s competition watchdog is challenging Apple and Google\u2019s \u201ceffective duopoly\u201d over mobile platforms by allowing developers to steer users away from their app stores to make purchases.<br \/>\nThe Competition and Markets Authority argues that consumers and app owners are being let down by Apple and Google restrictions on spending money outside their app stores. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CMA says developers should be able to steer users away from app stores for payments to increase competition Business live \u2013 latest updates The UK\u2019s competition watchdog is challenging Apple and Google\u2019s \u201ceffective duopoly\u201d over mobile platforms by allowing developers to steer users away from their app stores to make purchases. The Competition and Markets &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/30\/uk-watchdog-plans-to-break-apple-and-googles-effective-duopoly-on-mobile-app-stores\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UK watchdog plans to break Apple and Google\u2019s \u2018effective duopoly\u2019 on mobile app stores<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":23735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23734"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}