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Japan enacts law to curb Apple, Google's app dominance

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Japan enacts law to curb Apple, Google's app dominance

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TechnologyEnglish · 6 months ago

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Japan's parliament enacts a law to promote competition in smartphone app stores by restricting tech giants Apple Inc. and Google LLC from limiting third-party companies from selling and operating apps on their platforms.

Japan’s parliament enacts a law to promote competition in smartphone app stores by restricting tech giants Apple Inc. and Google LLC from limiting third-party companies from selling and operating apps on their platforms.

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Hold on, does this mean Apple will be forced to allow third party app stores in Japan too? And what exactly is the effect for Google which already allows that?

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