Apple and Google App-Store Dominance Gives DOJ Antitrust Fodder
- Companies handle more than 95% of mobile app spending in U.S.
- ‘Tax’ on developers stays high amid lack of app store rivals
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The start of broad government antitrust investigations into the U.S. technology industry has revived questions about Apple Inc. and Google’s dominance of app stores and the fees they charge to developers.
U.S. enforcement agencies recently split oversight of the largest U.S. tech companies, with the Justice Department focusing on Apple and Alphabet Inc.’s Google, according to people familiar with the matter.