EnableDigital Markets ActAfterwards, the EU began to investigate which companies' products and services may involve market monopoly, and Microsoft and Apple seemed to emphasize that their services did not account for a large enough share of the market and therefore did not constitute a market monopoly.
Financial Times reportRefers toThe European Union is expected to publish a list of companies that provide services in its territory in a "gatekeeper" manner. Services provided by companies including Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google's parent company Alphabet, Meta, Samsung and ByteDance may have been included in this list.
If an operator's services are confirmed to be included in the EU's list of violations of the Digital Markets Directive, it will have to adjust the way its services operate before March 2024, and will have a six-month buffer period to allow the services to comply with EU regulations.
Among them, Microsoft may affect the market situation due to its Windows market share, but it may emphasize that its Bing search service is not widely used in the EU, so it does not constitute a market monopoly. Apple, although it may trigger an EU investigation due to its App Store operation model, is expected to emphasize that its iMessage overall market share is not high. On the other hand, it mayIn response to EU requirements, preparing to open the iOS operating system to sideload and install third-party software, or allow third-party software markets to enter.
As previously explained, the Digital Markets Act is intended to prevent technology companies from forming a monopoly in the EU market, while the Digital Services Act is intended to prevent technology companies from affecting competition in service content and digital advertising content, while also avoiding issues such as affecting personal privacy.
Among them, the new law will require technology companies that act as "gatekeepers" to allow users to download and install content through third-party software markets, or directly install software through sideloading. In addition, developers must be allowed to provide third-party payment systems within software services and promote service content through channels other than the platform provided by the "gatekeeper".
The "gatekeeper" must also allow developers to use it to provide software services, such as integrating text messaging, phone making and other functions. In addition, it must also allow developers to access hardware functions, such as NFC, secure elements, or complete processor computing functions on the phone.
