Google and Apple hit the European Commission’s wrist in order not to comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act.
Of the two decisions issued by the EU on Wednesday, the meaning of Google is more immediately worrying than Apple. committee Issuance Following the investigation of whether Google Search prefers companies such as shopping, traveling, and competitors, and whether the Google Play Store prevents app developers to move people to use better proposals.
The committee said that in the two counts, Google did not comply with the DMA, which could meet the fine of up to 10%of the global turnover. Henna Virkkunen, the EVP of Technology Sovereignty, said, “Two practices have a negative impact on many European and non -European businesses that depend on Google Search or Google Play.
Regarding apology Issuance guidelines About how the company can interact with a third -party product (e.g. smartwatch) with iOS and iPados. The goal is to choose more products that can be compatible with the iPhone and iPad for Europeans.
Teresa Ribera, the EU EVP, said in a statement that “an effective interoperability for a third -party connection is an important step in opening the ecosystem of Apple.” “This will be a better choice for consumers in the rapidly growing market for innovative connect -tidal devices.”
Atlantic crossing tension
The debate about the best for consumers is at the heart of the American Technology Giants and the European DMA. The EU claims that more choices and interoperability will always be better, while Apple and Google argue that the rules have a risk of security and economics in a way that has a negative effect on those who use the service.
A BlogGoogle’s decision explained how to harm European business and consumers, to interfere with innovation, to weaken security, and to reduce product quality, and it used an example of people who ended with more expensive tickets when sending them through intermediate services instead of directly to the airline website.The company also instructs the app developer to instruct people outside the app. By enabling it, Google pointed out that they could not protect them from fraud or malicious links.
“Today’s decision has been wrapped in red tapes to slow the Apple’s ability to innovate for European users and to provide new features for companies that do not need to play with the same rules.” ft. “It’s not good for our products and European users.”
The Atlantic crossing seems to be in the “best time”, and the committee’s actions felt “much bold” than six months ago, Grace Nelson said Grace Nelson, an assembly research analyst.
“The preliminary investigation of Google’s rule related to Google Search and Google Play goes well with the US Federal Trade Commission, along with the US Federal Trade Commission, with the US Federal Trade Commission,” he said.
Meanwhile, she has long claimed that Apple’s “wall garden” approach to security is the best way to ensure user’s personal information and security. “If the EU focuses on global security and considers the importance of larger technology sovereignty, we can see how the US -based company evaluated interoperability and openness rather than the security form that was fully defined and controlled.”
