The company has one month to come back with a compliance plan with the EU’s anti-geo-blocking regulations. Apple is once again in hot water with the.
Apple is once again in hot water with the European Commission (EC). The body has issued a call for Apple to stop geo-blocking practices in its App Store, in Apple Arcade, Apple Music, the iTunes Store, as well as the Books and Podcasts apps. The EC together with the Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) Network of national consumer authorities in the EU asked Apple to align its practices with the EU’s anti-geo-blocking rules.
The CPC Network found that Apple Media Services (which is an umbrella term referring to all of the aforementioned Apple services) have a different UI for different countries in the EU and EEA.
