Apple (AAPL) has informed Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority that certain remedies suggested by the watchdog to address concerns in the mobile browser market could hinder the company’s motivation to innovate. The CMA’s website published responses from both Apple and Google (GOOGL) on Wednesday, with Apple saying it would “not be appropriate” to mandate that access to future WebKit or that iOS features in use by Safari be provided free of charge, adding that developing features is a time and resource-intensive process. “Apple cannot recoup a reasonable amount of those expenses … to do so would have a chilling impact on Apple’s incentives to innovate and would lead to free-riding and underinvestment on the part of third parties.” The CMA is carrying out a market investigation in respect of the supply of mobile browsers and browser engines, and the distribution of cloud gaming services through app stores on mobile devices in the U.K.
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