Tag: antitrust

  • Apple defends App Store's 30% cut ahead of Tim Cook testimony

    CNBC: For Cook, the questioning is expected to center around Apple’s App Store, which is the only way to install consumer software on an iPhone. For years, developers have alleged Apple engages in anti-competitive behavior, with complaints centering around Apple’s 30% cut of digital goods, and business practices such as requiring developers to use Apple’s…

  • Authors and booksellers accuse Amazon of antitrust violations, demand inquiry

    The New York Times reported on authors and booksellers accusing Amazon of antitrust violations, and demanding inquiry. The Authors Guild, the American Booksellers Association, the Association of Authors’ Representatives and Authors United said in letters and statements being sent this week to the Justice Department that “Amazon has used its dominance in ways that we…

  • Inside the US antitrust probe of Google

    WSJ reported on the US antitrust probe of Google. In discussing one of the issues the FTC staff wanted to sue over, the report said the company illegally took content from rival websites such as Yelp, TripAdvisor Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. to improve its own websites. It cited one instance when Google copied Amazon’s sales…