"One year after Europe codified the Digital Markets Act (DMA), it is clear the law is leading to worse experiences for Apple users in the European Union, limiting choice, undermining privacy, exposing them to risks and damaging the user experience consumers chose. Apple is urging the European Commission to rethink the Act, demanding more expertise, more clarity, and more focus on what consumers, not competitors, want from tech."
"The company particularly wants independent experts who understand technology to be responsible for the DMA's application rather than the current crop of political appointees. The company filed its criticisms of the DMA on Thursday morning, arguing that it is forcing Apple to make "concerning changes" to how it designs and delivers products to customers there. For example, it warns that the non-appearance of Live Translation in Europe could be the tip of a growing iceberg."
"Apple makes no secret that it feels like a victim, given that the DMA forces it to open its platforms to competitors at no cost while also doing serious - perhaps fatal - damage to customer privacy. "The DMA's rules only apply to Apple, even though Samsung is the smartphone market leader in Europe, and Chinese companies are growing fast," Apple said."
One year after DMA enactment, Apple reports worse experiences for its EU users, citing reduced choice, weaker privacy, feature loss, and degraded user experience. Apple urges the European Commission to repeal the DMA or to professionalize and clarify enforcement with independent technical experts rather than political appointees. Apple warns that absent careful application, features such as Live Translation may not appear in Europe and additional features could be removed. Apple contends the DMA forces proprietary platforms open to competitors at no cost while inflicting serious privacy harms. Apple notes the rules target Apple despite other market leaders and rising competitors.
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