UK Watchdog Secures Apple, Google Commitments to Reform App Store Practices

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A 3D-printed Google logo on an Apple Macbook, in a photo illustration. Dado Ruvic/ReutersThe UK’s competition watchdog said on Feb. 10 it had secured commitments from Apple and Google to make their app store practices fairer and more transparent, with Apple also committing to open up its mobile systems to greater interoperability, marking the first reforms under the country’s new digital markets regime.The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said that the measure would bring “immediate improvements in certainty, transparency, and fairness” for thousands of UK businesses that rely on app stores to reach customers.

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