{"id":1949874,"date":"2023-06-17T07:56:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-17T11:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/japan-to-open-up-apple-and-google-dominated-phone-apps-to-competition\/"},"modified":"2023-06-17T07:58:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-17T11:58:30","slug":"japan-to-open-up-apple-and-google-dominated-phone-apps-to-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/japan-to-open-up-apple-and-google-dominated-phone-apps-to-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan plans to introduce competition to the phone app market, currently dominated by Apple and Google."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjapan-to-open-up-apple-and-google-dominated-phone-apps-to-competition%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1949874&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h2>Japan to Open Up Smartphone App Payments Market<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Japan plans to stoke competition in smartphone app payments, dominated by Apple and Google, by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/japan-to-open-up-apple-and-google-dominated-phone-apps-to-competition\/\" title=\"Japan plans to introduce competition to the phone app market, currently dominated by Apple and Google.\">banning major <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-permanently-bans-president-trumps-account\/\" title=\"Twitter permanently bans President Trump\u2019s account\">app store<\/a> operators<\/a> from forcing software developers to use the operators\u2019 own payment systems, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-introduce-measure-to-block-gitmo-detainees-from-being-vaccinated-before-americans\/\" title=\"Republicans Introduce Measure To Block GITMO Detainees From Being Vaccinated Before Americans\">government panel<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The final report by the panel, released on Friday, also said major suppliers of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-battle-against-censorship\/\" title=\"The New Battle Against Censorship\">smartphone operating systems<\/a> (OS) should be obliged to offer users alternative ways to obtain apps in a secure manner other than their own app stores.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; 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