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UK competition: CMA closes Google and Apple app distribution investigations ahead of DMCCA 2024, rejects Google commitments, accepts Meta variation; infant formula market study proceeds without MIR; guidance and resources

Published on: 22 August 2024

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CMA closes investigation into Google’s distribution of Android apps ahead of DMCC Act 2024; also rejects Google’s proposed commitments

The CMA has ended its probe into Google’s practices for distributing Android apps in the UK. The inquiry examined whether Google was exploiting a dominant position by obliging developers that sell in‑app digital content or services to use Google Play’s billing system exclusively. The authority closed the case on administrative priority grounds, indicating that the tools in the newly enacted Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCCA 2024) are better suited to assessing conduct of this sort. On the same day, the CMA also stated that it had rejected the commitments Google proposed to resolve these concerns. Google’s package would have permitted app developers to offer alternative payment options in place of Google Play’s billing mechanism...

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