The European Commission reads the card to Google and Apple for skipping its rules

Two technological giants from the other side of the pond, Google and Apple, are in the peephole of the EuropeA, which has accused both companies of breaking the norms currently in force in old continent.

According to Brussels, Google and Apple have specifically skipped the EU Digital Markets Law (DMA)a standard that since its approval in 2022 pursues potentially anti -competitive practices within the technology industry.

By virtue of what was collected by the DMA, Both Google and its Alphabet and Apple matrix have the “gatekeepers” vitola (Like technological titans such as Amazon, Tiktok, Meta and Microsoft).

Alphabet the European Commission endorsed him in his day the qualifying adjective of “gatekeer” for his almighty search engine and also for his Google Play mobile application store. For its part, Apple is also a “gatekeeper” in the eyes of the community authorities for its operating system for tablets.

If Google does not comply with the rules of the European Commission, could face a large fine

The community executive has arrived at Alphabet, the Google matrix, two sets preliminary conclusions. The first set preliminary conclusions accuses Google’s search engine to grant a more preminent position on its platform to own products and services and to relegate, however, to the background to competition products and services.

For its part, the second set of preliminary conclusions that Brussels has sent to Google toCUSA TO PLAY STORE to prevent developers to redirect their clients to alternative channels to benefit from better offers and to also pay them high emoluments for the acquisition of new customers through their platform.

Google now has the possibility of appealing, but if he is guilty of the positions that the European Commission accuses him, It could be confronted with an equivalent fine 10% of its global turnover.

The community executive has also detailed the measures that Apple needs to implement to properly comply with the laws currently in force within the EU. According to Brussels, The Apple manufacturer must comply with “interoperability obligations” to enable there to be a communication without friction between different products and ecosystems.

The European Commission specifically requests the Cupertino company to ensure that its product ecosystem can be integrated without seams into third -party products (Smart watches, headphones or televisions) To improve transparency for those developers who want their apps to be interoperable in an interoperable nature with Apple products.

Apple has been talked about the new requests of the Brussels Executive

Apple insists that it is cooperating with the European Commission to comply with the principles collected in the DMA, although It opposes the new requests made yesterday by the Executive of Brussels.

«» The decisions communicated today by the European Commission force us to be at the mercy of the bureaucracy, Apple’s ability to innovate in Europe And they force us to give some of our new functionalities to companies that are not governed by the same standards as our company, ”Apple laments. The apple company also fears thatby virtue of what is stipulated by Brussels, there are third parties that have the power to interfere in the design of future Apple products such as the iPhone. For this reason, “we will continue working with the European Commission to make this institution understand the legitimate concern we have in the name of our users,” he insists on Apple.

If the iPhone manufacturer does not comply with the orders of the European Commission, Those of Cupertino could be confronted with an investigation and then with an eventual fine.