Apple Faces Antitrust Risk Around Default Apps

Along with many other tech companies, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been under increased scrutiny over the past year regarding potentially anticompetitive behavior that undermines competition. Music-streaming rival Spotify filed another formal antitrust complaint with European regulators earlier this year; developers have sued the Cupertino company, alleging that Apple has a monopoly on app distribution; and iPhone users were cleared to sue Apple over antitrust concerns by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Beyond those bigger episodes, Apple has long leveraged a combination of minor ways to give itself an edge, and lawmakers are now examining one of them: default apps.

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