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The UK’s competition watchdog will launch an investigation into Apple’s and Google’s dominance of the mobile browser market.
The Competition and Markets Authority said Tuesday it will conduct a more in-depth investigation of the companies’ «stranglehold» on the market after a consultation revealed «substantial support for a fuller investigation» into how Apple and Google control the mobile browser market. The agency said Google and Apple powered 97% of all mobile web browsing conducted in the UK in 2021.
Web developers, cloud gaming service providers and browser vendors complain that the «status quo» of Google’s browser dominance and the restrictions Apple places on cloud gaming hinder innovation and add «unnecessary costs» to their businesses.
