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Commission opens non-compliance investigations against Alphabet, Apple and Meta

by smartbit on 3/25/24, 10:58 AM with 2 comments

  • by jrepinc on 3/25/24, 11:59 AM

    I hope they did not forget Microsoft and their continuing monopoly abuse.
  • by smartbit on 3/25/24, 11:12 AM

    Remarks by Executive Vice-President Vestager:

    Apple and Alphabet still charge various recurring fees and still limit steering. We will investigate to what extent these fees and limitations defeat the purpose of the anti-steering provision and by that, limit consumer choice.

    Apple's ... current design of the web browser choice screen deprives end-users of the ability to make a fully informed decision. .... Apple also failed to make several apps uninstallable (one of them would be Photos) and prevents end-users from changing their default status (for example Cloud), as required by the DMA.

    https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech...