A group of 34 companies and organizations has pointed out the European Commission's shortcomings in the changes that tech giant Apple is making to its services to comply with new EU regulations.
Game developer Epic Games and The. Music platform Spotify.
The signatories complain that Apple's changes “do not meet the requirements” of the law and “prevent the benefits of DMA from being passed on to consumers as quickly as possible.”
Tech companies have until March 7 to replace the products
Apple announced in January that it would replace its iOS platform, its Safari browser and its App Store in the EU to comply with the DMA's regulations, which crack down on anti-competitive online practices.
Apple and other big tech giants such as Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and ByteDance have until March 7 to comply with the DMA. Otherwise they face fines of up to ten percent of global corporate profits.
As part of the new regulation, Apple announced that it would open its App Store to competing apps for the first time and allow payments outside of its own payment system, Apple Pay. However, Apple will charge a new “technology fee” of 50 cents per download.
