Apple accused of hoodwinking UK antitrust cops

Apple appears to have misled the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in a regulatory filing that attempts to downplay competition concerns, according to Open Web Advocacy (OWA). OWA, a web technology lobbying group, flagged the alleged misstatement on Wednesday in a document [PDF] filed by Apple last month in …

[Pascal Monett]

What a cushy job

I wish I were hired by Apple to handle PR requests.

I could play golf all day long.

Well, if I liked golf, that is.

[Chasxith]

Re: What a cushy job

Golf. An excellent way to spoil a long walk.

[elsergiovolador]

Matters

CMA deep into the things that matter.

No.

[Mark White]

I'm not a murderer...

I'm sat here in this interview room with you.

[Anonymous Coward]

If it's been fixed what's the problem?

So Apple have been given a slap on the wrist about browser choice and have added in a section in the Safari app to allow you to change the default browser? I didn't know this was on my iPhone until I just checked and to find it within the Safari app, instead of a general browser setting, was not what I expected so it isn't as obvious as I would have thought it would need to be. However, the choice is still there. This feels to me more like a complaint that a certain brand of car didn't have airbags or rear seatbelts in 1970, even though the same model does now.

Just to add in a bit of 'whataboutary' are they also going after Microsoft? At least my Apple devices honour the settings I have set, unlike Windows which actively forces you to use Microsoft products at times (search always using Bing, Outlook links opening on Edge etc) even if they are not set as default.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: If it's been fixed what's the problem?

Erm, no, to take your analogy, your 1970s car did have airbags and seat belt, but they were disabled, you could enable them but it was hard to find, but a complain was made in 2024 about that. They then change it so that is easier to turn ithem on now. They then say in the complaint that it easier to turn them on, look, you are wrong.

And you are saying.

Who cares about all those people that didn't turn it on and died in car crashes because of it.

[Felonmarmer]

What-a-bout being as bad as each other?

Yep MS are bad for what you say, but I've not been aware of them fixing a problem when it's pointed out to them and them denying it ever was a problem. They do plenty of sneaky stuff but that doesn't mean Apple get a free pass.

[ChoHag]

Re: If it's been fixed what's the problem?

"I'm not killing anybody right now, why do I need to be punished for my previous murders?"

[SuperGeek]

Classic narcissism!

DARVO: Deny, Accuse, Reverse Victim and Offender.

Once Steve Jobs, always Steve Jobs.