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The Digital Markets Act’s impacts on EU users


Apple explains how the Digital Markets Act is forcing the company to make some concerning changes to how it designs and delivers Apple products to its users in Europe.

For example, we designed Live Translation so that our users’ conversations stay private — they’re processed on device and are never accessible to Apple — and our teams are doing additional engineering work to make sure they won’t be exposed to other companies or developers either. On other mobile platforms, users face scams spread through fake banking apps, malware disguised as games, and third-party payment systems that overcharge them with no way to get their money back. When there are disagreements about the DMA’s requirements, companies have to make the European Commission’s changes before the courts weigh in — which can takes months or years — even if that does irreversible harm to users.

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