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Apple's policy changes aren't good enough for the EU — iOS might get closer to Android


It looks like the European Commission won't stop until iOS is wide open

The European Union's Digital Markets Act, which took effect earlier this year, aims to improve competition and interoperability among big tech companies. When the European Union's long-awaited Digital Markets Act (DMA) took effect earlier this year, it caused an industry-wide shakeup among big tech companies. "The changes we’re announcing today comply with the Digital Markets Act’s requirements in the European Union while helping to protect EU users from the unavoidable increased privacy and security threats this regulation brings," said Apple Fellow and App Store chief Phil Schiller in a January 2024 press release.

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