Colombia has become the latest country to accuse Apple of anticompetitive practices, alleging that contractual clauses prevent developers from creating or distributing apps outside the App Store.
The country’s Superintendency of Industry and Commerce (SIC) has announced an investigation into practices that purportedly restrict competition in the digital goods market of Colombia. Apple is alleged to have implemented strategies to prevent third-party app marketplaces.
The SIC claims that Apple effectively forces developers to distribute applications only through the App Store, making the company a monopoly in terms of digital distribution. As the Spanish-language publications MobileTime and MacMagazine note, the SIC says Apple, through its policies, restricted third-party access to the app distribution market, potentially violating Decree 2153 of 1992.
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