Apple is rapidly becoming the test case for a Big Tech crackdown
On 7 August Prof Jos茅 van Dijck wrote in Politico Magazine about the lawsuits against Apple and other tech giants. The iPhone maker, not Facebook or Google, is rapidly becoming the test case for a Big Tech crackdown from Europe to the United States.
The main issue in these lawsuits is Apple's monopoly position in its own app store. Rivals complain they鈥檙e unfairly treated. Apple takes up to a 30 percent commission on purchases through its online store, often offers its own services alongside those provided by rivals, and faces accusations that it unfairly uses this dominance to thwart competitors and push up prices.
Gatekeepers
Van Dijck agrees with the claims made by the prosecutors: 鈥淭he power Apple has over the ecosystem is immense. They have become real gatekeepers between consumers and apps.鈥
Jos茅 van Dijck
Jos茅 van Dijck is connected to Institutions for Open Societies - an interdisciplinary research area of Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 focused on the development and expansion of healthy open societies everywhere.