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The FTC is taking aim at Apple and Google in a settlement with a mobile gaming platform.
Democratic Commissioners called Apple one of the gatekeeping giants of the mobile gaming industry.
As reported by CNBC, a settlement between the FTC and mobile gaming platform Tapjoy also took aim at Apple and its control over the App Store. Democratic Commissioners Rohit Chopra and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter lambasted Tapjoy for amplifying false offers by its business partners, who baited gamers with big rewards only to cheat them when it was time to pay up. It appears that Tapjoy amplified false offers by its business partners, who baited gamers with big rewards only to cheat them when it was time to pay up, they wrote. Tapjoy did little to clean up the mess, even when hundreds of thousands of gamers filed complaints. This also harmed developers of mobile games, who were cheated of advertising revenue they were entitled to.