: tending to reduce or discourage competition
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What’s the case about? Epic Games filed a lawsuit against Apple in 2020, accusing the company of engaging in anticompetitive practices.
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Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025
The court determined that the 30 percent commission Apple charged on in-app purchases, as well as rules blocking developers from directing users to alternative payment methods to avoid such charges, were anticompetitive.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 1 May 2025
In both those cases, plus a third where Pichai didn’t testify — concerning Google’s dominance of online advertising technology markets — Google was found to have engaged in anticompetitive behavior.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2025
However, the timeline is very tight, and vested interests who benefit from anticompetitive rules may be the loudest voices who prevail in the end.
—Susan E. Dudley, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025
The court determined that the 30 percent commission Apple charged on in-app purchases, as well as rules blocking developers from directing users to alternative payment methods to avoid such charges, were anticompetitive.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 1 May 2025
In both those cases, plus a third where Pichai didn’t testify — concerning Google’s dominance of online advertising technology markets — Google was found to have engaged in anticompetitive behavior.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2025
However, the timeline is very tight, and vested interests who benefit from anticompetitive rules may be the loudest voices who prevail in the end.
—Susan E. Dudley, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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“Anticompetitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anticompetitive. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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