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European Commisssion Under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the rules will apply to tech giants that meet its "gatekeeper" criteria and force them to open up their various services and platforms to other companies and developers. Apple is almost certain to be classified as a "gatekeeper" due to the size of its annual turnover in the EU, its ownership and operation of platforms with a large number of active users, and its "entrenched and durable position" due to how long it has met these criteria, and will therefore be subject to the rules set out in the DMA. The DMA could force Apple to make major changes to the way the App Store, Messages, FaceTime, and Siri work in Europe. For example, it could be forced to allow users to install third-party app stores and sideload apps, give developers the ability to closely interoperate with Apple's own services and promote their offers outside the App Store and use third-party payment systems, and access data gathered by Apple. One of the more recent additions to the DMA is the requirement to make messaging, voice-calling, and video-calling services interoperable. The interoperability rules theoretically mean that Meta apps like WhatsApp or Messenger could request to interoperate with Apple's iMessage framework, and Apple would be forced to comply within the EU. The DMA was proposed by the European Commission in December 2020 and agreed by the European Parliament and the Council in record-time, in March 2022. It now moves into a six-month implementation phase and will start to apply on May 2, 2023. After that, within two months and at the latest by July 3, 2023, potential gatekeepers will have to inform the Commission of their core platform services if they meet the thresholds established by the DMA. Once the Commission has received the complete information, it will have 45 working days to make an assessment as to whether the company in question meets the thresholds and to designate them as gatekeepers. Following their designation, gatekeepers will have six months to comply with the requirements in the DMA, at the latest by March 6, 2024. "The DMA will change the digital landscape profoundly," said executive vice-president Margrethe Vestager in a statement accompanying a Commission press release. "With it, the EU is taking a pro-active approach to ensuring fair, transparent and contestable digital markets. A small number of large companies hold significant market power in their hands. Gatekeepers enjoying an entrenched position in digital markets will have to show that they are competing fairly. We invite all potential gatekeepers, their competitors or consumer organizations, to come and talk to us about how to best implement the DMA." If (or more likely, when) Apple is designated a gatekeeper, it will have to make major changes to its iPhone and iPad platforms to accommodate the requirements. In March, before the law was passed, Apple said it was "concerned that some provisions of the DMA will create unnecessary privacy and security vulnerabilities for our users." Apple is also facing similar legislation in the United States, with U.S. House lawmakers in June introducing antitrust bills that would result in major changes to the tech industry if passed. Note: Due to the political or social nature of the discussion regarding this topic, the discussion thread is located in our Political News forum. All forum members and site visitors are welcome to read and follow the thread, but posting is limited to forum members with at least 100 posts. Tags: European Union, European Commission, Antitrust [ 492 comments ] Get weekly top MacRumors stories in your inbox. [ ][ ][Subscribe] Top Rated Comments deeddawg Avatar deeddawg 8 hours ago at 08:08 am Bring it on. It's not like you're being forced to sideload. Until the key apps you wish to use choose to exit the app store, leaving you with a dilemma of eschewing those apps or opening your device up. (edited for typo) Score: 51 Votes (Like | Disagree) zorinlynx Avatar zorinlynx 8 hours ago at 08:07 am Bring it on. It's not like you're being forced to sideload. Score: 33 Votes (Like | Disagree) WiiDSmoker Avatar WiiDSmoker 8 hours ago at 08:09 am Good news!!! Apple advertises the Mac as secure yet has open app stores, side loading AKA installing whatever you want. What makes the iphone so different? NOBODY is forcing you to do these on your phone if you don't want to. Score: 31 Votes (Like | Disagree) BootsWalking Avatar BootsWalking 8 hours ago at 08:13 am EU will force in their stupidity to lose Apple. EU kind remind that you are not the most profitable market compared to China and USA Stop making stupid laws that will foreign big tech and jobs Europe is Apple's second largest market, at 19% of revenue. Apple isn't going anywhere. Score: 30 Votes (Like | Disagree) lysingur Avatar lysingur 8 hours ago at 08:10 am This might be a good thing at the end of the day. There are some worrying signs that Apple is leveraging its walled garden, not for the good of the users, but solely for the good of its coffers. Sideloading and alternative app stores? Sure. Let iOS be like macOS for once. Score: 27 Votes (Like | Disagree) TheYayAreaLiving ? Avatar TheYayAreaLiving ? 8 hours ago at 08:11 am EU needs to force Apple to release MacBook Pro in Midnight color. Release Mac Mini... released OLED iPad... there are so many other things they can focus on. 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