Talk about throwing a competitor under the proverbial bus, or perhaps more accurately, self-driving car. Tony Romm in Politico reports that shortly after Apple Inc. settled a case with the Federal Trade Commission over children being able to make in-app purchases without their parents’ permission, its general counsel made a move to ensure his opposition wasn’t doing the same thing.
Through a Freedom of Information Act request, Politico acquired an email sent by Bruce Sewell, Apple’s top lawyer, to FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez and Democratic Commissioner Julie Brill. In it, the GC pointed out an article claiming that Google’s app store was allowing the same unauthorized purchases, says Romm, who notes that it’s likely the FTC will go after Google next.
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