EU regulations impacting US tech companies. For those of you following the evolving regulatory landscape, which is being driven by the EU, not the US. These aren't AI regulations, though.
"What a week. When it began to look like Apple would announce how it planned to comply with the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA), I expected small changes at the margins that wouldn't significantly move the needle in the EU or anywhere else. Boy, I was wrong."
"Instead, we got a far-reaching, complex response that touches aspects of iOS, system apps, the App Store."
"Apple has changed the App Review Guidelines to allow game streaming apps in the App Store worldwide."
"Developers will be able to distribute web browsers with alternative browser engines in the EU. The rest of the world will still be limited to WebKit, the engine that powers Safari."
"Developers of contactless payment systems and wallet apps will be able to offer alternatives to Apple's Wallet app and payment system in the EU if they request a special entitlement and are approved."
"For apps sold in Apple's App Store, developers will be allowed to use alternative payment processors or link out to external payment systems on the web in the EU."
"EU residents will have access to alternatives to the App Store for iOS apps (and only iOS apps), which Apple refers to as alternative app marketplaces."
"If a developer would rather continue with the existing App Store system and business terms, they can. However, if a developer opts to offer their apps in an app marketplace, there's no going back to the old system."
"When a user tries to purchase from an app marketplace, they'll have to approve the marketplace as an authorized seller from their iPhone."
"Along with the changes to the mechanics of selling iOS apps covered above are new business terms that reflect the unbundling required by the DMA."
"Moving outside the EU for an extended period will eventually end your access to third-party marketplaces and updates to any apps you bought."
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