{
  "id": 11893186,
  "title": "Own a mobile phone? Then you’re paying the ‘app tax’. It’s a racket and it’s time the UK faced Apple and Google down | Chi Onwurah",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/own-a-mobile-phone-then-youre-paying-the-app-tax-its-a-racket-and-its",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-04T09:00:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/04/app-tax-google-apple-smartphone-duopoly-cma"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A deep-seated duopoly allows the tech giants to exploit the public and developers. But the regulator has powers to stop this abuse – it should use them Chi Onwurah is the Labour MP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West and chair of the parliamentary science, innovation and technology committee Debates around big tech and digital regulation can sometimes feel distant from the everyday concerns…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}