Wednesday: End of Google Podcasts, antitrust lawsuit against Amazon in the USA

Google’s Podcasts app will be discontinued in 2024. Then there will be podcasts in YouTube Music. This is the third service Google is discontinuing this week, following YouTube Premium Lite and Gmail’s HTML View. Meanwhile, the FTC is taking action against Amazon’s monopoly position and unfair competition practices. The dispute between the FTC and Amazon has been going on for a long time and the FTC chairwoman has also been criticized. In Europe, Apple is rolling out an update for the iPhone 12 after France threatened to stop sales of the device due to concerns about radio radiation. The update is only intended for France, but steps are also required at EU level – the most important messages at a glance.

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With Google Podcasts The data company also did that this week End of a third service announced, which has been around for years. The Podcasts app will be discontinued in 2024. Then it will be podcasts in YouTube Music where the subscription media articles can already be found in the USA. Podcasts should also be in YouTube Music Toll-free be available Paid subscription will for it not necessary be. These days, Google has already seen the end of YouTube Premium Lite as well as the extra simple Gmail, the basic HTML view of Gmail: Google is discontinuing Podcasts, its own app for… podcasts.

So now the time has come: The US competition authority FTC and 17 attorneys general of various US states have one comprehensive antitrust lawsuit against the online retailer Amazon submitted. They accuse the company of its… Market dominance unlawfully exploited to have to displace potential competitors, and through unlawful business practices to have driven up prices for consumers. The clinch between the FTC and Amazon has a history and Amazon also has reservations about the current FTC chairwoman due to her past: US competition authority files antitrust lawsuit against Amazon.

Without complaint Apple solve a problem in France by engaging France’s authorities Software update for iPhone 12 receive. It would now be checked whether there is a solution to the complaint Radiation problem represents, it is said. Apple had committed to updating the software to defuse a dispute with France over iPhone 12 radiation levels after the government in Paris earlier this month Sales of phones suspended had. Previously, tests had shown that the device could be used in certain situations electromagnetic radiation above local limits delivers: In the iPhone 12 dispute, France receives Apple software update.

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