UK starts probe on Apple over alleged App Store monopoly

FILE PHOTO The Apple Inc logo is seen hanging at the entrance to the Apple store on 5th Avenue in Manhattan New York U.S. October 16 2019. REUTERSMike SegarFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: The Apple Inc logo is seen hanging at the entrance to the Apple store on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, New York, U.S., October 16, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo

(Reuters) - Britain's competition regulator said on Thursday it has opened an investigation into Apple Inc after complaints that the iPhone maker's terms and conditions for app developers are unfair and anti-competition.

The probe will consider if Apple has a dominant position in the distribution of apps on its devices in the UK, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said.

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