Apple to Allow EU Users to Delete Pre-Installed Apps on iOS 18, Complying With Digital Markets Act

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iOS 18 Will Let EU Users Change Default Apps for Phone Calls, Messaging, and More

More DMA-related changes are coming to iOS 18 and iPadOS 18, and EU users will soon be allowed to change even more default apps on their devices.
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Epic Games Store Launches on Android and iPhone

Epic Games today launched its mobile app store, Epic Games Store, on Android and iPhone, though only in the EU in the latter case. Because Apple.
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Apple Finally Relents on Spotify In-App Pricing Communications … But Only in Europe

Five long years after it complained to EU regulators about Apple’s anticompetitive business practices, Spotify has finally gotten the “obvious and overdue” ability to communicate with its own customers.
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Apple Changes App Store Rules that Violated the EU DMA

Six weeks after an EU investigation determined that it wasn’t complying with the Digital Markets Act (DMA), Apple announced changes to its App Store rules.
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Apple Quietly Accepts Epic Games Store Submission in EU App Store After Outcry

Apple quickly bowed to public pressure after Epic Games accused it of violating the EU Digital Markets Act (DMA) on Friday.
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Epic Games Says Apple is Violating the DMA After Rejecting its iOS Game Store Twice

Epic Games says Apple is violating its app store obligations under the EU’s Digital Markets Act after rejecting its Epic Game Store for iOS twice.
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EU Commission Says Meta’s “Pay or Consent” Model is Breaching the DMA

The European Commission said today that Meta’s “pay or consent” advertising model for Facebook and Instagram users in the EU is breaching the Digital Markets Act.
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