Apple forcefully refutes UK's claims about mobile browsing

While a UK regulator continues to say iPhone browser rules are anticompetitive, Apple's detailed response says these findings are wrong and unlawful, plus proposed remedies will create the problems they are supposed to solve.Safari, Apple's browserIn November 2024, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) released a preliminary report asserting that Apple's rules about web browsers on iPhone were limiting app developers' ability to innovate. Alongside Apple's filing, the CMA has now also published its own summary of Apple's position, following a meeting with the company in December 2024.Where the CMA wants to impose remedies, similar to the EU's Digital Markets Act, on what it sees as anticompetitive issues, Apple says that there are no such issues. Apple also repeatedly questions the legality of the CMA's intention to impose remedies — and says these remedies will themselves cause harm to developers and consumers. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums