The European Commission designates iPadOS under the DMA, giving Apple six months to comply, after designating iOS, the App Store, and Safari in September 2023
The European Commission designates iPadOS under the DMA, giving Apple six months to comply, after designating iOS, the App Store, and Safari in September 2023
The move means Apple has six months to make sure its tablet ecosystem complies with a raft of preemptive measures under the EU's flagship Digital Markets Act.
The EU opens formal DMA probes into Apple and Google over letting developers “steer” users from their app stores, and Meta over its “pay or consent” model
Apple fans: “The EU must approve of Apple's plans, otherwise Apple wouldn't have announced them” — The EU: “Hang on a minute...” https://www.theverge.com/... Jan Penfrat / @ilumium@eupolicy.social :...
Apple plans to let EU-based iPhone users uninstall Safari by 2024's end and is working on a more “user-friendly” way to let them switch to Android by fall 2025
Apple plans to let EU-based iPhone users uninstall Safari by 2024 end and is working on a more “user-friendly” way to let them switch to Android by fall 2025
Jon Porter / The Verge :
Apple's changes for iOS app distribution in the EU fail to offer fair and reasonable commissions and show its disdain for both the DMA and app developers
Yesterday, Apple made an important announcement regarding changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store in the European Union in response to the Digital Markets Act ("DMA").
Apple announces support for alternative app stores in the EU, charging no commission but instead an annual €0.50 Core Technology Fee per install per account
including sideloading John Voorhees / MacStories : Apple Details How It Plans to Comply with the EU's Digital Markets Act Siôn Geschwindt / TNW : Apple begrudgingly allows EU customers to use rival ap...
Apple plans to allow default third-party browsers, like Chrome, Edge, and Brave, and web engines in the EU with iOS 17.4, prompting Safari users on first launch
https://www.theverge.com/... Alessio Maffeis / @maffeis@mastodon.social : You might not like it, but #WebKit-only iOS is the only thing keeping Google from having complete control over the Web. — It...
Gurman: Apple prepares to split its App Store in two to serve the EU, as the deadline for the DMA, which mandates sideloading support, looms on March 7
EU version to be split in two before March 7 deadline Tsveta Ermenkova / PhoneArena : Apple might split its App Store in two to comply with EU regulations Devesh Beri / MSPoweruser : Divide and conque...
As the EU prepared to designate Apple as a gatekeeper under the DMA, Apple argued that it has three distinct browsers: Safari for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS
And with a straight face, too. Brussels didn't buy it — Apple tried to avoid regulation in the European Union by making a surprising claim …