Apple has submitted a authorized problem to an EU order to open up its closed ecosystem to rivals resembling Meta and Alphabet’s Google, saying the calls for are unreasonable and hamper innovation.
The European Commission had in March detailed how Apple should adjust to the Digital Markets Act, which goals to rein within the energy of Big Tech.
Apple stated the EU’s interoperability necessities create “a process that is unreasonable, costly, and stifles innovation”.
“These requirements will also hand data-hungry companies sensitive information, which poses massive privacy and security risks to our EU users,” it stated in an announcement.
“These deeply flawed rules that only target Apple – and no other company – will severely limit our ability to deliver innovative products and features to Europe, leading to an inferior user experience for our European customers.”
Meta, Google, Spotify and Garmin are amongst corporations which have requested entry to Apple customers’ information.
The authorized combat will seemingly take years to play out in court docket. Until then, Apple may have to adjust to the EU order.
The Commission ordered Apple to give rival makers of smartphones, headphones and digital actuality headsets entry to its know-how and cellular working system to allow them to join with Apple’s iPhones and iPad tablets.
It additionally set out an in depth course of and timeline for Apple to reply to interoperability requests from app builders.
Published – June 03, 2025 09:59 am IST
