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In theory yes. In practice or will require enormous resources to build a case against the army of layers that Google and the other giants can afford. I believe only the government now is big enough to do it, with the antitrust law.
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-12-19/google-to-pay-700-million-to-us-states-consumers-in-app-store-settlement
Which I'm pretty sure they're already gunning for Google, so this might be more evidence for their case.
Hope so. I’d imagine their lawyers will see this with joy.