Before the expiry of the appropriate (12-month), the European Commission closed the investigation into the market, to be launched on the 5th of September. iPadOS will also need to comply with the Act, to the Markets, the Digital (DMA), as well as the first three services of the Apple (iOS, Safari and the App Store). The company's Cupertino now has six months to make the necessary changes in Europe.
The Store and for the payment of foreign affairs also in iPadOS
The European commission made by Apple as well as the janitor on September 5, 2023, along with five other companies: Alphabet (Google), Amazon, ByteDance (TikTok), the Meta, and Microsoft. Portierët are the players dominant in certain markets. 22 services, you must comply with the DMA.
On that date, there were the starting five of the investigation into the market. In the end, all four of cash, the Committee determined that, Bing, Edge, Microsoft Advertising, and iMessage does not have to be in accordance with the law of march 7, 2024. The operating system of apple does not satisfy all of the requirements, but it is still considered as a Service, platform base, it once “is a one of the important thing, to allow business users, to reach the end users”.
In detail, iPadOS, there are a number of users in the business, which is over the limit at least 11 times (10,000 per year), while the number of users is final customers is very close to the threshold (up to 45 million euros per month). The European commission found that Apple discourages over to the other operating systems the tablet, and that the companies were “involved” in iPadOS, due to the foundation of the majority of users.
Therefore, Apple has six months to fulfil the obligations and prohibitions of the DMA. Also, in the iPadOS will have to allow for the installation of the mall, alternative, charging the battery side of the application, and the use of the methods and techniques of foreign affairs of the payment was made. These are at the heart of these changes is set out on iOS.
A spokesperson for Apple said:
We will continue to work constructively with the European Commission to respect the DMA for all of the services and of the people. It is our goal to continue to offer products and services to the best of the best to our customers with the europeans, being tame at the same time the dangers of the new privacy and the security of the data that the DMA bring to our users.
Apple has objected to the determination of the spot to the App Store and by appeal to the court of the European Union. At the end of the month, the Commission opened two investigations against the company and a third party, may was at a later date.
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