Google and Apple have ‘vice-like grip’ on UK mobiles, warns regulator
by Mark Sweney from Technology | The Guardian on (#5T1DV)
Competition watchdog says proposed new big tech' regulator should investigate effects of duopoly
Apple and Google have a vice-like grip" over people's mobile phones and their duopoly over the market should be investigated by the proposed new big tech" regulator, the UK's competition watchdog has said.
The two companies effectively control users' mobile phone experience in the UK, with Apple's iOS and Google's Android operating systems installed on 99.45% of all phones in use in the country.
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