There are potential competition concerns arising from Apple and Google’s intelligence gathering given that their own first-party apps compete with thirdparty apps in downstream app markets." Spotlight on Apple, Google app stores: What happened to Tile, Spotify, Match – and that proposed law in ArizonaĪnother observation: "Apple and Google have superior access to information about the entire app ecosystem and its users, which enables them to monitor the performance of all apps and hence gain valuable competitive insights.JavaScript developers left in the dark after DroidScript software shut down by Google over ad fraud allegations.It doesn't really matter how many of us gripe about Google, nothing can stop it printing billions of dollars.Watchdog thinks Google tricked Australians into giving up data, sues.While the ACCC finds that the app store review process is a good filter for obviously dodgy apps, the report finds that applications that employ “dark patterns” to lure users into unintended spending are plentiful, and that both app store operators seem to ignore complaints present in online reviews.
The document is very critical of Apple and Google for allowing malicious apps onto their software stores.