This is bad news for Meta’s ad-free subscription. The program was initially launched in the European Union in November, and the entire purpose for why it was offered may be in jeopardy. Background on the Subscriptions When Meta first introduced an ad-free subscription option, they made it clear that this was to satisfy regulators in [...]read moreMeta’s Ad-Free Subscription Doesn’t Comply with DMA
On the heels of the EU’s decision to designate Apple’s iPadOS as another digital “gatekeeper” under its Digital Markets Act (DMA) regulation, Fortnite maker Epic Games confirmed it will bring its popular battle royale game to the iPad later this year. The company had previously announced Fortnite would return to iPhones in the EU as [...]read moreEpic Games says it will bring Fortnite to iPad after EU dubs iPadOS a ‘gatekeeper’ under DMA
A flagship European Union digital market regulation appears to be shaking up competition in the mobile browser market. It’s been a little over a month since the Digital Markets Act (DMA) came into application and there are early signs it’s having an impact by forcing phone makers to show browser choice screens to users. On [...]read moreAlternative browsers report uplift after EU’s DMA choice screen mandate
EU officials are wasting no time in enacting their powers under the new Digital Markets Act (D.M.A.), which is designed to curb the power of large ‘gatekeeper’ platforms in the online space. Today, the EU Commission has launched non-compliance investigations into Google’s self-preferencing of the Google Play Store in Search, Apple’s App Store “steering” rules, [...]read moreThe EU Commission Launches Investigations Into Apple, Meta and Google Over DMA Breaches
E.U. officials are wasting no time in enacting their powers under the new Digital Markets Act (D.M.A.), which is designed to curb the power of large ‘gatekeeper’ platforms in the online space. Today, the E.U. Commission has launched non-compliance investigations into Google’s self-preferencing of the Google Play Store in Search, Apple’s App Store “steering” rules, [...]read moreThe EU Commission Launches New Investigations into Apple, Meta and Google Over DMA Breaches
What’s the collective noun for investigations on Big Tech? Because the European Union has just announced a pile of probes on gatekeepers designated under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Alphabet/Google, Apple and Meta are facing the first formal non-compliance investigations under the bloc’s rebooted ex ante competition rulebook. Alphabet/Google’s rules on steering in Google Play [...]read moreApple, Google and Meta face first formal investigations under EU’s DMA
The European Commission is opening five non-compliance investigations into how Apple, Google, and Meta are complying with its new Digital Markets Act antitrust rules, the regulator announced today. “We suspect that the suggested solutions put forward by the three companies do not fully comply with the DMA,” the EU’s antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager said in [...]read moreApple, Meta, and Google targeted by EU in DMA non-compliance investigations
Epic Games, Spotify, Proton, 37signals and other developers had already signaled their displeasure with how Apple has chosen to adapt its rules to meet the requirements of the new EU regulation, the Digital Markets Act (DMA), calling it “extortion” and “bad-faith” compliance, among other things. Now those companies have formalized their complaints in a letter [...]read moreSpotify, Epic Games and others pen letter to EC, claiming Apple has made a ‘mockery’ of the DMA
Mac and iOS software development company MacPaw is becoming one of the first to publicly adopt Apple’s new DMA (Digital Markets Act) rules in the EU, to offer Setapp, its subscription-based platform of curated apps, to Apple customers on iOS and Mac in the region. The move is notable given the pushback Apple has received [...]read moreMacPaw’s Setapp becomes one of the first to agree to Apple’s controversial DMA rules
Epic Games is preparing to return to iOS in Europe, as a result of the EU regulation, the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the company has now confirmed. The Fortnite maker says it will offer both the game itself and the Epic Games Stores on mobile in Europe, it shared in a blog post that offered [...]read moreFortnite will return to iOS in Europe thanks to DMA