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Japan: Apple must allow 3rd-party app stores, payment systems
Since 2020, Japan’s Fair Trade Commission has investigated Apple and Google’s dominance in the mobile market. This week, the watchdog published a series of new guidelines that the two companies must comply with, chief among them allowing third-party app stores. Here are the details. more…
New Japan Law Breaks Apple and Google’s App Store Monopoly
Japan’s Fair Trade Commission has finalized sweeping new regulations aimed at curbing Apple and Google’s dominance in the smartphone software market. Under the new Mobile Software Competition Act Guidelines, both companies must allow third-party app stores and payment systems on their platforms. The rules, which take effect on December 18, 2025, mark a major shift […]
Japan mandates Apple must allow third-party app stores and payment systems
Since 2020, Japan's Fair Trade Commission has investigated Apple and Google's dominance in the mobile market. This week, the watchdog published a series of new guidelines that the two companies must comply with, chief among them allowing third-party app stores. Here are the details. more . . .
The Japanese antitrust regulator has just issued new guidelines to regulate monopolistic practices in the mobile applications market, targeting mainly Apple and Google, which control more than 90% of the market for smartphone operating systems in Japan. At the heart of these guidelines is the prohibition to treat them in a discriminatory manner. [...] Read more... Follow iPhoneAddict.fr on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter Don't forget to downl…
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