The European Commission Wednesday fined Apple and Meta $570.85 million and $228.34 million respectively for breach of the EU Digital Markets Act.
April 23 The European Commission Wednesday fined Apple and Meta $570.85 million and $228.34 million, respectively for breach of the EU Digital Markets Act.
The actions against the tech giants are the first non-compliance decisions adopted under the DMA.
The Commission found that Apple violated an anti-steering requirement under that law while Meta « breached the DMA obligation to give consumers the choice of a service that uses less of their personal data. »
The DMA requires Apple to offer alternatives beyond the App Store that would let app developers inform customers of alternatives, steer them to those apps and let customers make purchases.
« Due to a number of restrictions imposed by Apple, app developers cannot fully benefit from the advantages of alternative distribution channels outside the App Store », the commission said in a statement. « Similarly, consumers cannot fully benefit from alternative and cheaper offers as Apple prevents app developers from directly informing consumers of such offers. »
Apple was ordered to remove its technical and commercial restrictions on steering.
