US senators question Apple and Google on app store dominance
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Other app makers have complained that mandatory revenue sharing for sales of digital goods and strict inclusion rules amount to anticompetitive behaviour
A panel of US Senators questioned officials from Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google on Wednesday about the dominance of their mobile app stores and whether the companies abuse their power at the expense of smaller competitors.
Amy Klobuchar, the top Senate Democrat on antitrust issues, said Apple and Google can use their power to “exclude or suppress apps that compete with their own products” and “charge excessive fees that affect competition.”