Chinese tech giants ByteDance and Tencent have been locking horns on the app stores for some time, but now they may be heading to court.
ByteDance has sued Tencentalleging monopolistic behaviour in the latters WeChat and QQ social platforms. Specifically, it claimed that they are blocking content from ByteDances Douyin the Chinese version of TikTok from those apps.
Its not the first time ByteDance has sued over these issues, but according to Bloomberg its the first time it has done so on anti-monopoly grounds. We believe that competition is better for consumers and promotes innovation, said ByteDances spokesperson in a statement, with Tencent telling Bloomberg that the accusations were false and malicious.
If it gets to court, its going to be quite the case, but we suspect a settlement would be more in the interests of both companies.
Stuart Dredge
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