What these changes mean for you is that your technology experience may differ drastically depending on which type of phone you buy in the coming years.

The UK’s competition authority has proposed giving the tech giants “Strategic Market Status,” which means they would be subject to bespoke conduct requirements designed to curb anti-competitive practices. Apple and Google hold an “effective duopoly,” with between 90% and 100% of all UK smartphones running on iOS or Android.

The United Kingdom's Competition and Markets Authority is pushing the two operating system providers to make competition more open for other developers.