Great Britain's watchdog agency is challenging Apple and Google for not allowing developers to talk to or pull users away from their app stores.

Link to: https://www.reuters.com/world/uk-regulator-proposes-easing-apple-google-app-store-payment-rules-2026-06-30/

LONDON, June 30 : Britain's competition regulator on Tuesday proposed allowing app developers to steer users to alternative payment options outside Apple and Alphabet's Google app…

The CMA is consulting on forcing the tech giants to allow developers to steer customers away from their platforms for payment.

CMA previously gave Apple and Google ‘strategic market status’ for their dominance in the mobile market

Britain's competition watchdog is proposing to let app developers direct users to cheaper payment options outside Apple and Google's app stores. This move aims to boost…

Britain’s antitrust regulator has proposed forcing Apple to allow developers to link to third-party payment options to purchase apps and...

Great Britain's watchdog agency is challenging Apple and Google for not allowing developers to talk to or pull users away from their app stores.

Buy an app subscription today and there is a good chance Apple or Google is taking a cut. The CMA wants developers to be free to point customers elsewhere to pay and is asking the…

Proposals could open cheaper routes for purchases made through third parties