Further Google apps abuse of dominance complaint

Mobile app store Aptoide has reportedly filed an abuse of dominance complaint against Google with the European Commission.  It claims that Google has blocked Aptoide’s own application from working on Android devices.

Aptoide offers an alternative to the Google Play Store and claims that Google has used antivirus software to prevent use of the competing application purchasing store.

Aptoide has said that it filed the complaint with the European Commission earlier this week and that this is not its first complaint against Google.  Aptoide was a vocal complainant in the EU abuse of dominance mobile operating and search services investigations.  The Commission’s decision in its investigation into Google’s allegedly restrictive licensing conditions imposed on mobile phone operators is expected imminently.

Meanwhile, Google faces litigation in the UK and Australia from Unlockd which claims that Google abused its dominant position by threatening to remove applications using its advertising system from the Google Play Store.