The EU has agreed on the rules that would let iCloud users shift their data across rival platforms, breaking Apple’s monopoly
With iCloud, users can only move their data from their local storage and shift it to Apple’s cloud-based one, but according to the latest EU law, there will be tons of flexibility on how that data is moved. Assuming the law gets approved, users can transfer their iCloud data to other services such as Google Drive or OneDrive.EU believes that the new legislation will give users more control over their data and how they wish to transfer it
Though the European Commission proposed the legislation in 2022, the ‘Data Act’ is only getting traction now, with an agreement that was reached after talks that lasted for seven hours, according to Reuters. The EU’s concerns regarding data transfers have risen after Edward Snowden became a whistleblower back in 2013, pulling the lid off of mass U.
