New EU law may force Apple and Google to make major changes

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New EU law may force Apple and Google to make major changes

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After unifying the USB-C charging standard , the European Union's next target is Apple's App Store and rivals such as the Google Play Store. The Digital Markets Act (DMA ) entered into force on November 1, 2022 and will apply from May 2, 2023. Its purpose is to impose an obligation on companies such as Apple to offer alternative solutions enabling the use of third-party application stores on their platforms and alternative payment systems. Also read: USB-C on the iPhone - OK, but not as an excuse for a bad law Gerard de Graaff, the EU official who helped introduce the DMA, expects it to affect at least a dozen companies.

We expect the consequences to be significant," de Graf said. "If you have an iPhone, you should be able to download apps not only from the App Store, but also from other Taiwan Mobile Number List app stores or from the internet." The official is currently in talks with companies that may be affected by the new law. "The key message is that the negotiations are over, we are in a compliance situation," he said. "You may not like it, but that's how it is." Tech companies don't have to comply with the law immediately. Instead, the EU must first decide which companies are large and established enough to be classified as the first so-called "guardians.

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Digital Markets Act (DMA) According to the European Parliament, the gatekeeper must meet the conditions : provide browsers, messaging services or social media and have at least 45 million end users per month in the EU. They must also have 10,000 annual business users, a market capitalization of at least €75 billion ($82 billion), or an annual turnover of €7.5 billion ($8.2 billion). The EU will announce a group of companies in spring 2023 that will have six months to comply with the law. Some DMA provisions would force Apple to allow third-party app stores and payment systems on the iPhone - this would allow developers to use third-party payment systems.
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