Legislation and litigation threaten Apple and Google’s profits
Regulators are coming for the app stores
WHAT DOES it take to rein in two of the biggest companies on the planet? A coalition of Swedish music-streamers, South Korean politicians and Dutch dating apps, apparently. They seem to be succeeding where America’s federal government has failed: to force changes to the way Apple and Google run their app stores.
This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “Store wars”
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