{"id":19502,"date":"2024-01-12T17:06:20","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T14:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/19502\/high-stakes-talks-eu-once-again\/"},"modified":"2024-01-12T17:06:21","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T14:06:21","slug":"high-stakes-talks-eu-once-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=19502","title":{"rendered":"High-stakes talks: EU once again demands for third-party app stores on iPhones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>High-stakes talks: EU once again demands for third-party app stores on iPhones\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Under the ever-vigilant gaze of the European Union&#39;s Digital Market Act (DMA), major tech players like Apple, Google, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft find themselves under constant compliance scrutiny.  In a notable move last year, Apple, in particular, acknowledged the need to allow third-party app stores, but then challenged the EU&#39;s mandate for competing app stores on iPhones.  Now the story doesn&#39;t end there.  According to <span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/24\/01\/12\/eu-antitrust-chief-to-tim-cook-apple-must-allow-third-party-app-stores\" class=\"external\">Apple Insider<\/a><\/span>, Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for a Europe fit for the digital age, held discussions with the leaders of major American technology companies.  His meeting with Apple CEO Tim Cook focused specifically on the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/app\/\"   title=\"App\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">App<\/a> Store and Apple Music.<\/p>\n<p>She met <span>Tim Cook<\/span> at Apple Park, but neither the EU nor Apple shared details of the meeting.  However, Vestager posted a concise summary on X (formerly Twitter).<\/p>\n<div>Vestager mentions that the discussion revolved around the ongoing question of whether Apple should allow third-party alternatives to the App Store.  Cook could have continued Apple&#39;s argument, suggesting that the company operates five relatively small App Stores instead of one large one &#8211; a distinction that could be crucial in determining Apple&#39;s qualification for European regulation.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting also touched on discussions over Apple Music and the EU&#39;s ongoing investigation into its alleged antitrust actions.  However, the exact nature of these discussions remains unclear, given that the EU has already ruled that Apple Music violates EU antitrust rules. <\/p>\n<p>The DMA, which is expected to come into force in March, is a groundbreaking piece of legislation that has the potential to have a substantial impact on the digital market.  It is designed to address concerns among policymakers and consumers about the influence of big tech companies.<\/p>\n<p>The DMA blocks gatekeepers, including the companies mentioned above, from practices deemed anti-competitive, such as self-preferencing, data exclusivity and unfair trading.  It also requires gatekeepers to allow third-party applications and services to access their platforms and give users more control over their data.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High-stakes talks: EU once again demands for third-party app stores on iPhones\u060c Under the ever-vigilant gaze of the European Union&#39;s Digital Market Act (DMA), major tech players like Apple, Google, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft find themselves under constant compliance scrutiny. 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