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Digital Markets Act: Apple baut App Store in der EU erneut um
Auf Druck der EU-Kommission ändert Apple die Preise für App-Entwickler und erlaubt Dinge, die vorher nicht möglich waren. Das Konzept ist allerdings chaotisch.

A book excerpt details Spotify's decade-long push against Apple's App Store commissions and steering rules, including pushing the EU to pass new antitrust laws (Tim Higgins/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/spotify-apple-dig

A book excerpt details Spotify's decade-long push against Apple's App Store commissions and steering rules, including pushing the EU to pass new antitrust laws (Tim Higgins/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/spotify-apple-dig

There is only one appropriate response to these threats from Trump: fuck off. (Or, some more diplomatically worded version of the same.)
Unfortunately, I doubt European leaders have to backbone to defend EU / EEA sovereignty. https://mastodon.social/@LukaszOlejnik/115093…

iOS und macOS 26: Welche Funktionen Apple vorerst in der EU blockiert
Drei Funktionen in den neuen Betriebssystemen bleiben für Nutzer im EWR offenbar deaktiviert. Apple zeigt mit dem Finger auf den Digital Markets Act.

Markus Beckedahl kritisiert scharf: Die EU-Kommission knickt vor Trumps Drohkulisse ein und verschiebt die Durchsetzung des Digital Markets Act. Demokratie und Wettbewerb werden geopfert, um mögliche Autozölle zu vermeiden. Ein Armutszeugnis für Europas digitale Souveränität
Big Tech-Regulierung: EU-Kommission beugt sich Druck von #Trump

»Apple is ruining the open web«
Their reputation among their fans has never been true and, in my opinion, is already partly a dull belief.
🍎 #apple

Apple is ruining the open web · Victor Wynne
Apple is defying the EU’s Digital Markets Act by blocking rival browser engines on iOS, protecting Safari’s immense profits. The result is the company ruining the open web.

Sources: Apple is locked in last-minute EU negotiations over App Store changes to avoid fines set for this week, and is expected to offer "steering" concessions (Barbara Moens/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/b5d51870-e864-4aa5-b998-c0d2994a7e2…

Apple locked in last-minute App Store negotiations to avoid Brussels fines
Tech group must make concessions to comply with Digital Markets Act or be hit by escalating levies from Thursday

Sources: UK plans to designate Apple and Google as holding a "strategic market advantage" over rivals, subjecting them to new regulations and potential fines (Washington Examiner)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/

UK moving on new penalties for Apple and Google amid trade discussions with Trump
The United Kingdom is preparing to single out Apple and Google under its new Digital Markets, Competition, and Consumers Act.