{"id":18313,"date":"2025-10-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomilli.com\/en\/the-digital-markets-acts-impacts-on-eu-users\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T05:00:00","slug":"the-digital-markets-acts-impacts-on-eu-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomilli.com\/en\/the-digital-markets-acts-impacts-on-eu-users\/","title":{"rendered":"The Digital Markets Act\u2019s impacts on EU users"},"content":{"rendered":"
At Apple, we\u2019ve always focused on creating technology that empowers people and enriches their lives. We design our products to be intuitive and simple to use, to work seamlessly together, and to protect people\u2019s privacy and security. Since we launched the App Store in 2008, we\u2019ve also worked with developers to create one of the most vibrant, safe, and successful digital marketplaces in the world.<\/div>\n
Millions of people in Europe choose Apple products because they love and trust them. Developers choose them to reach users globally and build thriving businesses. It\u2019s a model that works \u2014 in Europe and around the world.<\/div>\n
But the Digital Markets Act (DMA) is forcing us to make some concerning changes to how we design and deliver Apple products to our users in Europe.<\/div>\n

What Is the Digital Markets Act?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Digital Markets Act is a regulation the European Union introduced in 2022 to reshape how certain technology companies design their products. The DMA includes a long list of rules, but the way those rules are implemented looks very different from company to company.<\/div>\n
For Apple, the DMA is impacting many parts of our EU users\u2019 experience on our products \u2014 from how they download apps and make app payments, to how their Apple products work together.<\/div>\n
Over the past few months, the European Commission \u2014 which is responsible for the DMA \u2014 has asked for more feedback from companies and EU citizens about the law\u2019s effects. So we wanted to update Apple users in the EU on the changes they\u2019ve started to see, and what they can expect in the future.<\/div>\n

The DMA\u2019s Impacts on Apple Users in the EU<\/strong><\/p>\n

Feature Delays<\/strong><\/div>\n
The DMA requires Apple to make certain features work on non-Apple products and apps before we can share them with our users. Unfortunately, that requires a lot of engineering work, and it\u2019s caused us to delay some new features in the EU:<\/div>\n
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