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LONDON: Britain's competition watchdog said it was planning to investigate the market dominance of Apple<\/a> Inc and Google<\/a>'s mobile browsers, as well as the iPhone maker's restrictions on cloud gaming<\/a> through its app store. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA<\/a>) said on Friday it was also taking enforcement action against Alphabet<\/a> Inc's Google over its app store payment practices.
It said the two tech giants had an \"effective duopoly\" on mobile ecosystems that gave them a stranglehold on operating systems, app stores and web browsers on mobile devices.
\"When it comes to how people use mobile phones, Apple and Google hold all the cards,\" CMA Chief Executive Andrea Coscelli said following the publication of a report on mobile ecosytems.
\"As good as many of their services and products are, their strong grip on mobile ecosystems allows them to shut out competitors, holding back the British tech sector and limiting choice.\"
It said 97% of all mobile web browsing in Britain last year was powered by either Apple's or Google's browser engine, and in addition Apple banned alternatives to its own browser on iPhone.
The CMA said it was concerned this severely limited the potential for rival browsers to differentiate themselves from Apple's Safari, for example on features such as speed and functionality.
Apple said in a statement it had \"created a safe and trusted experience users love and a great business opportunity for developers\" through its ecosystem.
\"We respectfully disagree with a number of conclusions reached in the report, which discount our investments in innovation, privacy and user performance - all of which contribute to why users love iPhone and iPad and create a level playing field for small developers to compete on a trusted platform,\" a spokesperson said.
\"We will continue to engage constructively with the CMA to explain how our approach promotes competition and choice, while ensuring consumers' privacy and security are always protected.\"
Google said smartphones using its Android operating system offered people and businesses more choice than any other mobile platform, and its Google Play app store has been the launchpad for millions of apps.
\"We regularly review how we can best support developers and have reacted quickly to CMA feedback in the past,\" a Google spokesperson said.
\"We will review the report and continue to engage with the CMA.\"
The regulator said it was also worried about Apple blocking the emergence of cloud gaming services, which allow high-quality games to be streamed rather than individually downloaded.
\"By preventing this sector from growing, Apple risks causing mobile users to miss out on the full benefits of cloud gaming,\" it said.
The CMA said its proposed investigation would further assess its concerns and could result in legally binding orders requiring changes to be made to Apple's and Google's practices.
The consultation on the proposed the market investigation reference will close on 22 July.
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伦敦:英国竞争监管机构表示,它计划调查的市场主导地位苹果公司和谷歌移动浏览器,以及iPhone制造商的限制云游戏通过应用商店。竞争和市场管理局(CMA)周五表示这也是采取执法行动字母公司的谷歌对其应用程序商店的付款行为。
据说这两个科技巨头在移动生态系统有一个“有效的双头垄断”,给了他们一个束缚在操作系统中,应用程序商店和移动设备上的web浏览器。
“当人们如何使用手机,苹果和谷歌持有所有的牌,“CMA首席执行官安德烈Coscelli说报告发表后,移动及浅海。
“一样好许多的服务和产品,他们强烈控制移动生态系统允许他们排除竞争对手,阻碍英国科技行业和限制选择。”
据说97%的移动网页浏览去年在英国是由苹果或者谷歌浏览器引擎,除了苹果禁止替代自己的浏览器在iPhone上。
有关CMA称,这严重限制了潜在的竞争对手区别自己和苹果的Safari浏览器,例如速度等特性和功能。
”苹果公司在一份声明中表示,已创建了一个安全、可信的用户体验爱和一个伟大的商业机会”为开发人员通过其生态系统。
“我们尊重不同意报告中得出的结论,这折扣我们投资于创新、用户隐私和性能——所有这些都有助于用户为什么喜欢iPhone和iPad,创造一个公平的竞争环境对小开发商一个可信的平台上竞争,”发言人说。
“我们将继续积极参与CMA的解释我们的方法促进竞争和选择,同时确保消费者的隐私和安全总是保护。”
谷歌称使用Android操作系统的智能手机提供个人和企业更多的选择比其他移动平台,和谷歌应用商店launchpad已有数以百万计的应用。
“我们定期审查如何能够最好地支持开发人员和反应迅速CMA反馈过去,”谷歌的一名发言人表示。
“我们将回顾报告,继续参与CMA”。
监管机构表示,还担心苹果阻止云游戏服务的出现,使高质量的游戏流而不是单独下载。
“通过阻止该行业增长,苹果风险导致移动用户错过了云游戏的全部好处,”它说。
调查提出的CMA称其将进一步评估其担忧,并可能导致具有法律约束力的订单要求更改以苹果和谷歌的做法。
参考咨询提出了市场调查在7月22日将关闭。
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