The European Commission plans to charge Apple for breaching the Digital Markets Act after finding that the iPhone maker is not complying with obligations to allow app developers to “direct” users to offers outside the App Store free of charge. Financial Timeswhich cites three people familiar with the matter.
The EU appears to have a problem with the levy on Apple’s core technology, but the exact charges it is reportedly planning to bring against Apple are unclear.
Apple could face fines for non-compliance of up to 5% of its average daily global revenue, currently just over $1 billion, according to the report.
The report says the EU’s findings are preliminary, so Apple may still have time to make the necessary changes to iOS before regulators formally set charges. If the EU moves forward with the charges, they will be formally announced by the European Commission in the “coming weeks”, the report added.
Apple made big changes to the App Store, Apple Pay, Safari and more on iPhones in the EU as part of iOS 17.4 earlier this year. Apple now allows alternative app marketplaces, but still charges a fee for the underlying technology. Apple also introduced a default web browser selection screen in Safari, now allows third-party web browsers to use web tools on the iPhone other than its own WebKit, and now allows third-party mobile wallet apps to access the iPhone’s NFC chip contactlessly. payment function.
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