The European Commission, the European Union's antitrust body, said the probes would focus on 'Alphabet's rules on steering in Google Play and self-preferencing on Google Search, Apple's rules on steering in the App Store and the choice screen for Safari, and Meta's 'pay or consent model.'
If the Big Tech firms are found to have violated the Digital Markets Act, EU regulators can impose fines of up to 10% of their global revenue for their first offense and 20% for repeated violations. They also can order changes to business models 'in the case of systemic infringements.'
The European Commission said it is also gathering information as to whether Amazon is self-preferencing its own products in its online store, as well as whether Apple's new compliance plan for the DMA, which includes charging app developers a new 'core technology fee,' was 'defeating the purpose' of the law.
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