Apple Details How It Plans to Comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act
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Today, Apple announced how it intends to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which the European Commission says applies to the App Store. There are a lot of details to cover, but in summary, radical change is coming to the EU App Store, but only in the EU. Let’s take a look at how

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/21906358

Apple announces support for alternative app marketplaces, web browser engines in the EU with iOS 17.4

Updated the link to a better source that gives a more detailed overview.

  • DJDarren@thelemmy.clubEnglish
    71·
    10 months ago

    As a Brit, this gives me yet another reason to wish unending cramps on the shitcunts behind Brexit.

  • maxprime@lemmy.ml
    5·
    10 months ago

    I wonder if citizens outside of the EU can access this. Would love a proper Firefox on my iPhone.

  • SecretPancake@feddit.de
    4·
    10 months ago

    I wonder if this will have any real effect. Allowing other browser engines only in the EU means the developers would need to create browsers specifically for this market and who would do that?

  • TheYang@lemmy.world
    0·
    10 months ago

    So Apple still wants to have the power to reject apps from third party app stores.

    Curious if that will pass the EUs “Gatekeeper Law”, when they explicitly want to stay the gatekeeper, even if unpaid.

    • Lime66@lemmy.world
      1·
      9 months ago

      It’s just a signing process to verify that it comes from the actual dev from what it sounds like