According to the latest report, the British antitrust regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), said today that it plans to launch an investigation into the dominance of Google and Apple in the mobile browser market.
The CMA said it is currently consulting on the investigation. In addition to this, the CMA is also preparing an investigation into Apple’s restrictions on cloud gaming through its App Store and enforcement action against Google’s App Store’s payment policies.
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Late last month, the CMA just launched a second antitrust investigation into Google’s advertising business, saying Google may have distorted competition and illegally favored its own services. The CMA has already launched an investigation into an online display advertising service deal struck between Google and Facebook parent Meta.
In fact, as early as a year ago, the CMA raised concerns that Apple and Google have too much control over the operating system (iOS and Android), app stores (App Store and Play Store), and web browsers (Safari and Chrome) investigated.
Andrea Coscelli, chief executive of the CMA, said at the time: “Apple and Google have a firm grip on how we use our phones, and we fear this will deprive millions of people in the UK of choice. ”
In addition to the United Kingdom, many governments around the world are currently strengthening the supervision of American technology giants and conducting multiple investigations on their market positions. Last year, the CMA also created a dedicated digital marketing division to prevent Google and Facebook from using their dominance to crowd out smaller companies and disadvantage users.
