EU Commission demands Apple to align interoperability with digital competition rules
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The European Commission will formally specify steps that Apple needs to take to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) around its interoperability with other products, the EU executive announced on Thursday (19 September).
These proceedings, formalising ongoing discussions between the EU executive and the US tech giant under the DMA, – the EU’s digital competition regulation – mark the first time the Commission is making use of this DMA tool.
The announcement of the two “specification proceedings” came while MEPs in Strasbourg debated the historic European Court of Justice ruling on the Apple state aid case.
Improving interoperability may come at the expense of privacy and security, Apple said in a response to Euractiv. The firm has “consistently increased access to the iPhone,” including 250,000 APIs so that developers can access its homegrown functionalities,” a representative said.
