Apple has lost its legal challenge against EU rules designating it as a gatekeeper under an EU law requiring some of the world’s largest technology companies to open their platforms to greater competition.
The EU’s Luxembourg-based General Court said on July 8 that the EU was correct to classify Apple in 2023 as a gatekeeper in relation to its App Store and iOS.
Under the bloc’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), companies designated as gatekeepers must follow rules intended to make digital markets more open and give rivals a fairer chance to compete. The court said the EU correctly treated Apple’s App Stores across different devices as a single core platform service….
