Apple wants changes to the Digital Markets Act: and says it might no longer sell their products and services in Europe. Apple released a statement on the effects of the European Commission’s Digital Markets Act saying the law puts Apple users in the European Union at a disadvantage and that it could prevent the company from selling its products in the EU. Is this good news for competitors like Fairphone?
More about Apple’s threat to leave the EU market and its position towards the Digital Markets Act can be found here, here or here
If Apple were to leave the EU market then yes, it would be beneficial to all their competitors, including Fairphone.
But I doubt it will happen. They are trying to threaten the EU to turn people against the DMA. It’s too big of a market for them and with the American market being uncertain and unstable, they can’t leave us behind and cut off a stable revenue stream.
What do you think the shareholders would do to Apples CEO if they lose 450 million potential customers? It would be a big bonus for Fairphone, Shift, Mudita, Punkt. Apple, don’t let the door hit you on the way out.
Until now, Apple seems to act like there is no Digital Markets Act (DMA) at all. Six months after EU regulators found Apple’s App Store rules in breach of the Digital Markets Act (DMA), some developers say Apple is still behaving as if compliance were optional. The Coalition for App Fairness, a nonprofit organization of app developers, has accused Apple of persistent non-compliance with the DMA. The organization also warns that the company’s revised App Store terms continue to impose fees which the DMA prohibits. The Coalition for App Fairness wants the European Commission to uphold the DMA.
