Spotify claims Apple is not sufficiently complying with the DMA. Daniel Ek, the CEO of the Swedish company, stated that Cupertino is stalling and delaying, and he urged the European Union to enforce the already passed law. The executive stated that Apple's efforts to comply with the Digital Markets Act have been "a farce." The iPhone maker and App Store owner is reportedly still imposing fees and conditions that disadvantage developers despite having been fined €1.8 billion for abusing its position in music streaming. Teresa Ribera, the EU's competition chief, stated that a decision...
Apple's iPadOS was deemed a "gatekeeper" platform under the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA) back in April. This resulted in Apple agreeing to open up iPadOS to third-party app stores in the EU in May, emulating what it had initially done with iOS. The EU granted Apple a six-month period to comply with all the DMA regulations for iPadOS, and that has expired on October 28. Thus, today the European Commission told Reuters that it is currently assessing whether iPadOS complies with the DMA following Apple's concessions. The EU antitrust watchdog said: "The Commission will now carefully...