Overview
- The European Commission’s first review said the Digital Markets Act has improved competition and user choice by changing how large “gatekeeper” platforms operate.
- Kyle Andeer, Apple’s compliance chief, called the review self‑serving and warned that forced interoperability could let outside apps tap data like Wi‑Fi login history to build profiles without consent.
- Apple argued the law’s requirement to share new technologies slowed feature rollouts in Europe, citing a delay to the AirPods translation feature.
- The company opposed third‑party app stores encouraged by the DMA, saying alternative storefronts could weaken safeguards and bring content like pornography or gambling onto iPhones.
- The dispute sits within a wider policy fight, as Apple and Google recently helped block a California bill on app‑store self‑preferencing, signaling continued transatlantic battles over platform rules.