People in the European Union are now allowed to access alternative app stores thanks to the Digital Markets Act (DMA), a ...

The main reason the Digital Markets Act exists according to the European Union is to lower costs for consumers. For App Store customers, developers didn't bother to cut prices. The Digital Markets Act ...

TL;DR: Apple challenges the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA), arguing it unlawfully forces changes to iPhone, App Store, and iMessage that compromise security, privacy, and intellectual property. The ...

Following years of regulatory wrangling, the European Commission is reportedly using Apple’s App Store changes as a reference point in its Google Play Store probe. Here are the details. Why can’t you ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Apple was hit with a complaint to EU antitrust regulators by two civil rights groups on Wednesday over the terms and conditions of its App Store and devices for allegedly breaching ...

The European Commission passed the Digital Markets Act in 2025 saying that certain companies — Apple among them — were hampering competition. The Act was designed to reduce the prices of apps on the ...

Apple today shared a study commissioned from Analysis Group [PDF] that looks at App Store pricing changes before and after reduced fees took effect in the EU in March 2024 under the Digital Markets ...

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority has extracted promises from Apple and Google over their App Stores, really just bringing over the same features already in place in Europe.

Apple just got hit with a major legal blow in Europe. On Tuesday, the EU’s top court said the company can be sued in the Netherlands for antitrust damages tied to its App Store practices. That ...

Apple today introduced several changes to the App Store in Japan to meet the requirements of the Mobile Software Competition Act (MSCA) that goes into effect on December 18. The MSCA is similar to ...