Competition & Markets Authority (@CMAgovUK) on X

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Competition & Markets Authority on X: "📱 Our provisional findings suggest #Apple and #Google’s substantial market power across mobile operating systems, apps stores and browsers could be negatively affecting consumers. A thread 🔽. [1/5]"

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    📱 Our provisional findings suggest #Apple and #Google’s substantial market power across mobile operating systems, apps stores and browsers could be negatively affecting consumers. A thread 🔽. [1/5]

    “Apple and Google have developed a vice-like grip over how we use mobile phones and we’re concerned that it’s causing millions of people across the UK to lose out.”

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    Our market study has provisionally found that: ❌ People aren’t seeing the full benefit of innovative new products and services such as cloud #gaming and web #apps. [2/5]

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    Our provisional findings also suggest: đź’· customers could be facing higher prices than they would in a more competitive market. [3/5]

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    And: 🔒 #Apple and #Google take many decisions on behalf of their users to protect their security and privacy online – in some cases this has an impact on a user’s ability to make their own choices. [4/5]

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    You sons of ------ you probably accepted a bribe from Microsoft you know God dam well the deal is bad. Then they'll think they can buy all devs leaving Sony with crap. You suck...