EU To Examine If Apple Ads and Maps Subject To Tough Rules, Apple Says No (reuters.com) 10
EU antitrust regulators will examine whether Apple's Apple Ads and Apple Maps should be subject to the onerous requirements of the bloc's digital rules after both services hit key criteria, with the U.S. tech giant saying they should be exempted. From a report: Apple's App Store, iOS operating system and Safari web browser were designated core platform services under the Digital Markets Act two years ago aimed at reining in the power of Big Tech and opening up the field to rivals so consumers can have more choice. The European Commission said that Apple has notified it that Apple Ads and Apple Maps met the Act's two thresholds to be considered "gatekeepers." The DMA designates companies with services with more than 45 million monthly active users and $79 billion in market capitalisation as gatekeepers subject to a list of dos and don'ts.
Yup (Score:2)
This will EU's problems, no doubt.
Re: Yup (Score:2)
I think you accidentally a word there.
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Somebody got it (;
Good job!
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It's fill in the blank. Mentally insert any word you feel is correct.
Well duh. (Score:3)
I'm pretty sure if you asked any publicly traded corporation about any sort of fee or tax the answer is always going to be "they should be exempted". They are 100% driven by greed, so fuck 'em and do it anyway.
Lawyers are making bank (Score:1)
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They are abiding by the law right now. The EU is examining if Apple Ads and Apple Maps are "big enough" to qualify under the law where previously they didn't.
Of course, I'm not exactly sure what it means - Apple Ads really applies only to Apple's services (App Store, Music, TV, etc). Are they expecting Apple to open those apps to supporting other ad networks? That would be like forcing
Re: Lawyers are making bank (Score:2)
Can you have a non-Apple Maps app open when you click on an address?