The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is opening a market study to determine if Google and Apple's platform duopoly stifles competition, reduces innovation or results in higher prices for consumers. The British watchdog said in a Tuesday (June 15) press release that the companies have an effective duopoly in several areas — mobile operating systems, app gateways and web browsers. Apple's iOS and Google's Android are the world's foremost operating systems for smartphones. Further, Apple's App Store and Google's Play Store are the gatekeepers for app downloads.

https://www.pymnts.com/antitrust/2021/uk-cma-launches-probe-into-apple-and-google-mobile-platform-duopoly/

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