AppleWill become the first major technology company in the European Union to file charges under the Digital Markets Act.

The European Commission has determined that Apple has not fulfilled its obligation to "allow app developers to" direct "users to services outside of its App Store without charging them," three sources said, and officials are expected to make an announcement in the coming weeks.

In addition to Apple, the European Commission is also investigatingGoogleAlphabet andMicrosoftAn investigation was launched to determine whether the two companies complied with competition rules.

Regulators have only made preliminary findings and Apple is still likely to take remedial measures, which could lead EU regulators to reassess their decision, the people said.

Referring to IT Home's previous report, with the release of iOS 17.4, Apple has introduced many measures to make IT comply with the requirements of the EU's "Digital Market Act", including allowing the use of alternative app stores, providing developers with new commercial terms and support Third-party browser engines, etc.

However, Apple's new policy has been criticized by many large companies such as Meta, Epic and Spotify. They believe that Apple is playing tricks and is "malicious compliance."

Apple lawyer Kyle Andeer said that Apple is considering these changes more from the perspective of user experience than from the perspective of developers:

I think we're thinking about it from the user's point of view. That's not to say we're not looking at the impact on developers, but I think the priority from our perspective is that we're going to be very careful to examine the impact of all these changes on the user experience we've been providing customers with the iPhone for 15 or 16 years. Influence.