The EU has just hit Apple with its biggest demand yet, which could mean some major changes for iOS 19. And Google isn’t off the hook either.
Big US tech companies keep finding themselves in hot water with European regulators, even with threats from President Donald Trump to impose tariffs on countries that fine US firms. The EU has just hit Apple with its biggest demand yet, which could mean some major changes for iOS 19. And Google isn’t off the hook either.
Since March last year, both Google and Apple (and Meta, actually) have been under the European Commission’s scrutiny, with worries that they are not playing by the rules of the Digital Markets Act.
This law is designed to keep tech giants in check by setting out a list of what they can do and what they cannot. Now, the EU competition watchdog has dropped some early findings, accusing Google of breaking DMA rules in multiple areas.
The Google case focuses on two main issues: whether Google is blocking app developers from promoting deals outside of its Google Play store and whether it is giving an unfair advantage to its own services like Google Flights within Google Search.
