Watchdogs take a swipe at Apple Pay
Why complaints about Apple’s walled garden are multiplying
THERE IS NOT yet an app to keep track of the growing number of antitrust complaints against Apple. But perhaps there should be. On May 2nd the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, added another to the pile. Following an investigation begun in 2020, it sent the smartphone-maker a “statement of objections”, saying that, in the commission’s view, Apple is abusing its power in the market for smartphone payments.
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Finance & economics May 7th 2022
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- India begins the privatisation of its huge life-insurance company
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- Watchdogs take a swipe at Apple Pay
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