The Digital Markets Act is a regulation the European Union introduced in 2022 to reshape how certain technology companies design their products. The DMA includes a long list of rules, but the way those rules are implemented looks very different from company to company. For Apple, the DMA is impacting many parts of our EU users’ experience on our products — from how they download apps and make app payments, to how their Apple products work together. Over the past few months, the European Commission — which is responsible for the DMA — has asked for more feedback from companies and EU citizens a
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… Due to the DMA, our EU users are experiencing the following impacts: More risks when downloading apps and making payments : The DMA requires Apple to allow sideloading, other app marketplaces, and alternative payment systems — even if they don’t meet the same high privacy and security standards as … …
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