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European Union is investigating Apple’s licensing policy
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Supervisors of the European Union will investigate to the strict prohibition that Apple uses to license third-party applications. Reported that several sources today against the U.S. newspaper the New York Post.
Started in June the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), although such an investigation to Apple’s ban on third-party software for their mobile devices. Following this was the time the decision to the famous Adobe Flash both the iPhone and iPad submissions. Something that the FTC, and now also the European Commission to the chest is pushed.
The European Commission, according to the sources, therefore, recently partnered with the FTC to determine if the policies of Apple may be seen a form of improper competition. ” The full investigation into this would be another four to six months can take.
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The European Commission has recently adopted the new Digital Agenda initiative, which one hopes the cooperation between different technologies to promote. Something that Apple at the moment so just being harassed.
According to Apple, their decision to some software out the door to keep it entirely legally, and is also vital to their equipment to function properly. Both Apple, the FTC and the European Commission have given no response to reports in the New York Post.