Japan's draft app store law will boost innovation and competition

Google's and Apple's chokehold on mobile phone ecosystems must be loosened

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The Google Play booth at the Tokyo Game Show 2023: Google and Apple have blocked app developers from introducing convenient features. (Sipa via AP Images)

Gene Burrus is global policy counsel for the Coalition for App Fairness, a Washington-based advocacy group for app developers.

The Japanese Diet looks set this week to join the list of legislatures and regulators around the world moving to protect consumers and innovators from the abusive conduct of Apple and Google in mobile phone app ecosystems.

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