{"id":4043,"date":"2021-12-14T16:37:39","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T15:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/14\/google-and-apple-have-vice-like-grip-on-uk-mobiles-warns-regulator\/"},"modified":"2021-12-14T16:37:39","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T15:37:39","slug":"google-and-apple-have-vice-like-grip-on-uk-mobiles-warns-regulator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/14\/google-and-apple-have-vice-like-grip-on-uk-mobiles-warns-regulator\/","title":{"rendered":"Google and Apple have \u2018vice-like grip\u2019 on UK mobiles, warns regulator"},"content":{"rendered":"

Competition watchdog says proposed new \u2018big tech\u2019 regulator should investigate effects of duopoly<\/p>\n

Apple and Google have a \u201cvice-like grip\u201d over people\u2019s mobile phones and their duopoly over the market should be investigated by the proposed new \u201cbig tech\u201d regulator<\/a>, the UK\u2019s competition watchdog has said.<\/p>\n

The two companies effectively control users\u2019 mobile phone experience in the UK, with Apple\u2019s iOS and Google\u2019s Android operating systems installed on 99.45% of all phones in use in the country.<\/p>\n

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\nCompetition watchdog says proposed new \u2018big tech\u2019 regulator should investigate effects of duopoly
\nApple and Google have a \u201cvice-like grip\u201d over people\u2019s mobile phones and their duopoly over the market should be investigated by the proposed new \u201cbig tech\u201d regulator, the UK\u2019s competition watchdog has said.
\nThe two companies effectively control users\u2019 mobile phone experience in the UK, with Apple\u2019s iOS and Google\u2019s Android operating systems installed on 99.45% of all phones in use in the country. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Competition watchdog says proposed new \u2018big tech\u2019 regulator should investigate effects of duopoly Apple and Google have a \u201cvice-like grip\u201d over people\u2019s mobile phones and their duopoly over the market should be investigated by the proposed new \u201cbig tech\u201d regulator, the UK\u2019s competition watchdog has said. The two companies effectively control users\u2019 mobile phone experience …<\/p>\n

Google and Apple have \u2018vice-like grip\u2019 on UK mobiles, warns regulator<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4044,"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\/4043"}],"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=4043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}