Apple said the European Union's anti-monopoly laws are causing harm to the company and its European users' privacy and security. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI | License Photo
Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Apple released a statement on the effects of the European Commission's Digital Markets Act saying the law puts Apple users in the European Union at a disadvantage and that it could prevent the company from selling its products there.
Apple's statement on Wednesday listed in detail why it believes the DMA causes harm to users as well as Apple itself. Chiefly, the DMA requires Apple to make its apps available on other markets and to other devices as well as allow other apps on its App Store, which Apple said causes increased security and privacy issues.
The DMA became law in November 2022. It says that companies must make digital markets more open and fair. The EU called for a review of the legislation that was designed to control the monopolistic power of large tech companies in their search engines, app providers and messaging services.
For example, the DMA requires that Apple users be able to use other brands of headphones besides those made by Apple. Apple said this has delayed the launch of Live Translation in the EU because of a threat to user privacy.
