{"id":32675,"date":"2025-06-26T19:04:52","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T19:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=32675"},"modified":"2025-06-26T19:04:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T19:04:52","slug":"apple-to-open-app-store-to-competitors-in-eu-as-it-seeks-to-avoid-fines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=32675","title":{"rendered":"Apple to open App Store to competitors in EU as it seeks to avoid fines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for free<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content-sign-up-topic-description o3-type-body-base\"><span>Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"article__content-sign-up-iframe close\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"signUpIframe\" data-prev-url=\"\/register\/in-article-sign-up?ft-content-uuid=95d42dad-a83a-4aba-93e7-40652f433840\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>Apple is changing its App Store policies in the EU in a last-minute attempt to avoid a series of escalating fines from Brussels.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The $3tn iPhone maker will allow developers in the bloc to offer apps designed for the iOS operating system in places other than Apple\u2019s App Store, the company said. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/apple-inc\" data-trackable=\"link\">Apple<\/a> has been negotiating for two months with the European Commission after being fined \u20ac500mn for breaching the EU\u2019s Digital Markets Act, the landmark legislation designed to curtail the power of Big Tech groups.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the process, Apple has accused the commission of moving the goalposts on what the company needs to do to comply with the EU\u2019s digital rule book.<\/p>\n<p>Apple announced the measures on Thursday, the deadline for the company to comply with the bloc\u2019s rules in order to avoid new levies. The financial penalties can escalate over time and reach up to 5 per cent of average daily worldwide revenue.<\/p>\n<p>Still, an Apple spokesperson said \u201cthe European Commission is requiring Apple to make a series of additional changes to the App Store. We disagree with this outcome and plan to appeal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a reaction to the changes, a European Commission spokesperson said that \u201cthe commission will now assess these new business terms for DMA compliance\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson added that \u201cthe commission considers it particularly important to obtain the views of market operators and interested third parties before deciding on next steps\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The decision on the new fines under the Digital Markets Act comes as Brussels and Washington are nearing a July 9 deadline to agree a trade deal. <\/p>\n<p>The EU\u2019s rules on Big Tech are a flashpoint between Brussels and US President Donald Trump. But commission leaders have indicated they would not change their rule book as a part of trade negotiations with the US.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/95d42dad-a83a-4aba-93e7-40652f433840\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":32676,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-us","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/32676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}