What the Super-App Clash Between Apple and WeChat Reveals About Platform Competition

What the Super-App Clash Between Apple and WeChat Reveals About Platform Competition

Regulators worldwide are debating how to rein in Big Tech's dominance over app distribution. Tiffany Tsai and Chuyue Tian explore how Apple’s clash with China’s WeChat complicates standard assumptions about platform competition and what it might mean for the next wave of antitrust enforcement.

As reported last week, a U.S. court has decided that Apple's developers must no longer stop pointing out alternative purchase options outside of their apps. After nearly 10 years, Spotify can now show pricing + direct purchase links in our app for U.S. users. This is a huge win for consumer choice and tech innovation. At Spotify, we've always believed an open internet is a much better internet – so we could be happier to see this... https://t.co…