Apple’s DMA Compliance Criticized
Digital rights advocacy organizations contend that Apple has failed to comply with its interoperability obligations under the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA).
The groups made their case in a letter [PDF] asking competition watchdogs to do more to ensure Apple’s compliance with the Article 6(7) of the DMA.
The letter is the work of four groups - the Free Software Foundation Europe, freedom of expression advocates ARTICLE 19, European Digital Rights, and Data Rights - plus three independent researchers.
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The letter’s signatories argue that the commission’s approach so far, “as laid out in Apple’s compliance report and as observed in practice so far, is clearly deficient and structurally incapable of delivering effective interoperability, as required by the DMA.”
See also this long thread started by John Gruber.
Previously:
- Meta’s iOS Interoperability Requests
- Questioning EU Geo-Blocking Restrictions
- Testing EU iOS Features in iOS 18.2
- European Commission Specification Proceedings
- Apple’s DMA Compliance, Summer 2024
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It's really bizarre that Gruber refers to Europe as a "technological backwater". What on earth is he talking about? The EU lacks entirely unrestrained tech monopolists?
Even with Apple trying everything it can to not comply, the EU has forced Apple to ditch lightning, open up default apps, allow emulators, and it's pierced the App Store's armor.
The Verge even declared that "European iPhones are more fun now"
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/24/24226946/iphone-eu-regulation-app-stores-fortnite
