The European Commission earlier sent a letter to Google's parent company AlphabetAllegations of market monopoly, and even required Apple to provide third-party devices with the Digital Market Act.Open its iOS and iPadOS connection function.
A few days agoMarket Impact Survey on GoogleThe European Commission has determined that Google has violated the EU's digital market law with its search service, and has also accused its Google Play Store software market service of affecting market competition.
In a statement, the European Commission said that the services that Google matches in the search results of its search service are often more conducive to its own shopping, hotel reservations, transportation, finance and other service products. Although search results of third-party services are also included, its own services are usually placed first, or in a more prominent position, and even have exclusive columns to attract users' attention.
On the other hand, the European Commission also believes that although Google allows users to install and use third-party software through APK or download apps through other software markets, the current scale of the Google Play Store will still attract users to download apps through this service first.
Regarding restrictions on developers, the European Commission believes that Google restricts developers from directing users to more favorable content purchasing channels or promoting more favorable prices than the Google Play Store. It also points out that although Google services can help developers acquire more new users, the proportion of consumer revenue they charge is beyond reasonable range.
Therefore, the European Commission believes that Google has violated the Digital Markets Act and thus affected fair competition in the market. However, Google can still defend the European Commission's findings in writing.
As for Apple, the European Commission requires that the iOS and iPadOS connection functions be opened to third-party devices so that they can be connected with Apple ecosystem products. This includes making it easier for third-party device developers and manufacturers to create application functions that are connected with Apple products. It will also be more convenient to establish pairing connections with Apple devices and ensure faster data transmission speeds.
The European Commission said that this adjustment will make it easier and more fair for developers to create application services that are compatible with the Apple product ecosystem, but Apple said it would cooperate and communicate with the European Commission. It also stated that such an adjustment would be equivalent to cumbersome regulations for Apple to comply with, which would cause Apple to create innovation obstacles for users in the EU market.
