Japan to open up Apple- and Google-dominated phone apps to competition

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Japan to open up Apple- and Google-dominated phone apps to competition
Japan plans to stoke competition in smartphone app payments, dominated by Apple and Google, by banning major app store operators from forcing software developers to use the operators' own payment systems, a government panel said. The final report by the panel also said major suppliers of ...

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