Japan joins ranks of nations plotting smackdown for Apple, Google
Japan's competition regulator has recommended big changes to local laws to reform the"oligopoly" it's assessed Google and Apple enjoy in the markets for mobile operating systems and the apps that run on them.. It found that, while SymbianOS still has a measurable presence in Japan, Apple and Google utterly dominate the markets for smartphones, mobile OSes, app stores, and even smartwatches.
One passage in that section will likely be welcomed by Apple, because it calls for allowing use of third party app stores"If there is no problem in terms of security assurance and privacy protection".
The fourth and final recommendation is titled"Promotion of competition related to the formation of new ecosystems". It offers only the following description: Continuing to bring about innovation without hindering the creation of new products or services and the construction of new ecosystems centered on such products or services by developers other than Google and Apple
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