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...Apple will allow iPhone apps to be downloaded directly from their developers’ websites for the first time, a major concession to European regulators that marks the third time this year the big tech group...
...The EU has launched probes into Apple, Alphabet and Meta in the first use of a landmark new law designed to rein in Big Tech’s market power....
...Spotify and Epic Games, longtime Apple critics, have also argued Apple’s proposed moves amount to an act of bad faith....
...The question of whether concessions Microsoft made in a settlement had any real impact on competition has been debated in tech circles ever since....
...Apple has already made concessions. It will allow users in Europe to access rival app stores and payment systems on smartphones and tablets, for example, in a process called sideloading....
...Further concessions are likely....
...Apple is also feeling the heat on the other side of the Atlantic....
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...Last year’s strike against the big three unionised US automakers — the first such action ever — resulted in significant concessions on wages and benefits....
...apps outside Apple’s own App Store — a sign some security-conscious customers are apprehensive about the risks....
...on Apple devices....
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...All save Apple are facing big antitrust challenges from US authorities, and Apple could face its own as soon as March....
...Bubble hunters might be able to make a better case against Apple or Microsoft: they look more expensive than the two advertisers, but without better near-term growth (in Apple’s case, growth is much lower...
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...The PEG ratios of Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla are 4.6, 1.3, 1.3, 1.2, 2.6, 0.7 and 2.1, respectively....
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...Car crash Internal disagreements over the direction of the Apple car led the effort to sputter for years before it was cancelled this week, The New York Times reports....
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