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Can Apple and Google continue as health app gatekeepers as well as distributors and developers? - npj Digital Medicine

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Apple and Google dominate the provision of apps through the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store respectively, accounting for around 92% of the mobile app distribution business. The number of health and wellness apps available in the app store has been estimated to be 350,000 apps worldwide with as many as 90,000 new health apps added in 2020 alone.

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Google's and Apple's tightrope walk between enforcement and oversight as distributors and developers for health apps

Stephen Gilbert and colleagues published an article in npj Digital Medicine on the conflicts of interest faced by app store operators Google and Apple, which are both legal distributors and importers of health apps into the European market and developers of those same apps.

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Can Apple and Google continue as health app gatekeepers as well as distributors and developers? - npj Digital Medicine

Mobile apps are the primary means by which consumers access digital health and wellness software, with delivery dominated by the ‘Apple App Store’ and the ‘Google Play Store’. Through these virtual storefronts Apple and Google act as the distributor (and sometimes, importer) of many thousands of health and wellness apps into the EU, some of which have a medical purpose. As a result of changes to EU law which came into effect in May 2021, they mus

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Google's and Apple's tightrope walk between enforcement and oversight as distributors and developers for health apps

Google's and Apple's tightrope walk between enforcement and oversight as distributors and developers for health apps

Can Apple and Google continue as health app gatekeepers as well as distributors and developers? - npj Digital Medicine

Can Apple and Google continue as health app gatekeepers as well as distributors and developers? - npj Digital Medicine

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