After the meteoric growth of web giants and the power it gave them, European Union commissioners wanted to regulate the digital markets in which these companies operate. According to the EU, the aim is to restore fairer competition, particularly through greater transparency, but also better respect for user rights.
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Those most affected by these new laws are companies with more than 45 million active users in the EU. This gives them the status of a “gatekeeper,” which means “guardian” in French. The latter are subject to several restrictions, including the prohibition of anti-competitive practices, the transparency of their figures and the obligation to facilitate the entry of competition into the market.
Additionally, it is important to know that the European Union treats each service or application on a case-by-case basis, meaning one gatekeeper can hide others. For Apple, for example, the EU is considering this Each of its applications is independent and can represent an independent economic activity. The Apple company is currently waging a bitter battle against the European Commission over Safari.
Apple denies the gatekeeper status of its web browser
By using Safari as the only tool, regardless of device, The EU concluded that it fulfilled gatekeeper status. This is because the browser has more than 45 million users, including on iPhone, Mac and iPad. However, Apple disputes this opinion and has appealed the EU’s decision to include Safari in its new laws. According to the company, there are three separate Safari browsers for each of its devices, rather than just one.
Unfortunately, This argument was not taken into account from Thierry Breton’s teams. Justification for inadmissibility this claim in citing an ad from Apple itself: “Even Safari. Other device ». The EU has hit the mark… The Cupertino company also appealed against two more of its activities. It’s about iMessage and the company’s various operating systems.
As for the latter, The EU admitted that iOS, iPadOS, macOS and tvOS were actually different systems. Therefore, only iOS is affected by the DSA, as it is the only one among the other operating systems that has more than 45 million users in the EU.
For iMessage, however, she rejected Apple’s arguments. The EU report states: “According to Apple, iMessage is not a paid service and Apple does not monetize it through the sale of hardware or through the processing of personal data.” In particular, Apple argues that there is no direct connection between pricing and the purchase of hardware devices and the use of iMessage. » Cupertino actually says it is not exploiting iMessage, either in terms of revenue or data. It therefore considers that the application does not have to comply with any EU obligations.
Unfortunately, the argument is not admissible for the Commissioners who think so Users buy iMessage indirectly when they pay for an iPhone.
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