![]() Music streaming market leader Spotify, long been at loggerheads with Apple, has been calling on the iPhone maker to change its app store rules.Īmong other things, it says, the rule mandating the use of Apple's system for in-app purchases within apps needs to end. ![]() ![]() ![]() According to the EU law, such steps must be reasonable and the platform operator must justify that they are necessary. The Apple manager pointed out that the DMA allows companies to take both technical and contractual steps to ensure the integrity of their devices and software. The question now is how this can be achieved. Users should still be able to rely on apps working as advertised - regardless of the source from which they were downloaded, he said. Andeer said that Apple filters out many fraudulent or non-functioning apps. BRUSSELS: Since the launch of App Store in 2007, Apple's in-house platform has been the only practical way to download apps, something that officials in the European Union want to change to increase competition.Īpple, long resistant to the European Digital Markets Act (DMA) which could impact its revenue and loosen its grip on which apps can be used on iPhones, may now be softening its stance on the planned EU law.Īpple manager Kyle Andeer said at a debate in Brussels on Monday that the company was working on meeting the DMA requirements, in a slight change in tone after Apple's repeated warnings that allowing alternative app platforms could endanger the security of users.Īt the same time, the question of how other app stores could be approved without endangering the integrity of Apple products was still being examined.
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