Apple succeeded in "stingy words". A British court ruled that CMA missed the statute of limitations and could not launch an antitrust investigation.

CTOnews.com, April 1 (Xinhua)-- according to Reuters, Apple won the appeal and the court ordered the British Competition and Market Authority (CMA) to terminate the investigation. That means the agency is unable to investigate Apple's policies on mobile browsers and cloud gaming services.

CMA had planned to launch an antitrust investigation into Apple in two areas:

1. Apple bans cloud gaming services on App Store

This means that developers cannot provide cloud game-related applications on App Store. Some argue that the company is doing this to protect its share of gaming revenue and to prevent competition for its own Apple Arcade subscription gaming service.

two。 Only your own WebKit browser engine is allowed

Although Apple allows any developer to create their own web browser and put it on App Store, Apple only approves browsers that use its own WebKit rendering engine.

CTOnews.com previously reported that the crux of the problem was that CMA began to intervene in the investigation in June last year, missing the deadline for conducting antitrust investigations. British law requires the CMA to announce its investigation on the same day as the publication of the preliminary findings.

The two sides then disputed the meaning of the word "shall" in the legal provisions. Apple believes that the "shall" in the legal provision should be understood as "must" (must), which means that the CMA is not in compliance with the investigation itself after the deadline. CMA believes that "shall" should be understood as "should", and CMA believes that it is possible to intervene in the investigation at a later time.

CMA said he was disappointed with the decision and was considering an appeal.

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