Apple’s battle with the EU’s competition regulators is set to continue for many more years. The EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) compels tech companies to make their platforms open so users have greater freedom. But Apple argues that the orders it’s been given will result in its competition getting access to user data and the…
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EU fines Apple €500M over competition law breaches – it might be legal but is it right?
The European Union has come down hard on Apple over breaches of its Digital Markets Act (DMA). The DMA has, since it came into effect a couple of years ago forced Apple to make many changes from mandating the use of USB-C through to allowing users in the EU to side load apps on their…
Apple is at a significant crossroad – which way will it turn?
The European Union’s recent regulatory ruling that opens the iPhone to greater competition, the legal issues that have hit the Apple Watch over its blood-oxygen measurement tech and the release of the Vision Pro have put Apple under pressure it’s not really seen for many years. The EU and the iPhone The EU passed the…
The EU, monopolies, gatekeepers, side-loading and Apple
The European Union (EU) has deemed that Apple’s App Store and iOS are gatekeepers that must be regulated and opened to greater competition. The new Digital Markets Act (DMA) will force Apple to enable side-loading of apps onto iOS, and presumably iPadOS devices. Side-loading is the practice of installing apps directly to a device without…
More iPhone changes coming because of EU mandates
The European Union has passed new legislation that will compel all smartphone makers, including Apple, to make batteries easier to replace. With new rules meaning the iPhone 15, which we’ll see later this year, will almost certainly have ditched the Lightning port for USB-C, we are seeing legislators have an increasing influence on product design….