Customers inside an Apple Inc. store in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Who wins when governments go head-to-head with technology giants — and whom should we root for?
We’re getting a small test of that question in the Netherlands. Last year, the Dutch equivalent of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission became one of the first regulators in the world to require Apple to give people multiple payment options for using dating apps on their phones. It was a tiny crack in the absolute control Apple has asserted over iPhone apps since 2008.
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