TechnologyTim Cook relayed concern over app store curbs to Japan PM: sources
Apple woos Tokyo as antitrust pressure builds in the West
Apple CEO Tim Cook at company headquarters in Cupertino, California. Apple does not allow downloads of iPhone apps from outside its official App Store. © Reuters
TAKESHI SHIRAISHI and SATSUKI KANEKO, Nikkei staff writers
December 31, 2022 01:51 JST
PALO ALTO, U.S./TOKYO -- Apple CEO Tim Cook urged Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to consider user protections when regulating smartphone app distribution during a mid-December meeting, Nikkei has learned, as the tech giant faces growing pressure to open up to third-party app stores.