Own a smartphone? Then you’re paying the ‘app tax’. It’s a racket and it’s time the UK faced Apple and Google down | Chi Onwurah.

Labour MP Chi Onwurah argues in an opinion piece that Apple and Google's control of smartphone app stores amounts to an 'app tax' and a duopoly that exploits the public and developers, and urges the UK regulator to use its powers against them.

Why it matters: It calls for UK regulatory action against the app store duopoly, which determines how apps and their revenues are distributed.

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