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# ECIPE says UK CMA's app store steering rules amount to price control
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-07-28-ecipe-uk-cma-app-store-opinion/
- Published: 2026-07-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-18T13:56:04.000Z
- Description: ECIPE's Fredrik Erixon and Dyuti Pandya argue the CMA's steering proposals for Apple and Google's app stores go beyond conduct rules into price regulation, lacking a workable cost or value methodology.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, #news, #verified, #opinion, #ai-drafted

Verified Opinion AI-drafted [ECIPE insight by Fredrik Erixon and Dyuti Pandya, July 2026](https://ecipe.org/insights/uk-cma-price-control/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** The piece critiques a UK draft proposal; it does not record a final CMA decision or rule change.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. none: opinion on a UK draft proposal, moving no question until the CMA decides. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)