European Union regulates Apple and Google duopoly as platform gatekeepers
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The European Union has adopted legislation to curb the powers of big tech “gatekeeper” companies that can control access to application platforms.
The legislation by the European Parliament will likely impact mobile game platform owners Google and Apple, as well as others who operate platforms.
Richard Hoeg, a lawyer at Hoeg Law, said in a tweet, “Apple is going to sue on this until the heat death of the universe.” This is a big deal as Epic Games was largely unsuccessful in a lower-court ruling in the U.S. in its case alleging antitrust violations by Apple as the owner of the iOS mobile app platform. Epic is appealing the case, in which Apple won most of the rulings and lost on one relatively small point. Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, tweeted, “Happy fifth of July.” A coalition of companies backed Epic.
We have asked Google and Apple for comment.
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The Digital Markets Act (DMA) and Digital Services Act (DSA) was proposed back in 2020, and now the group has formally adopted its “digital services package” legislation.
Companies such as Apple and Google are likely to be classified as “gatekeepers” because of their size and entrenched positions in the market under the rules of the DMA.
Gatekeepers will have to abide by restrictions meant to curb anticompetitive behavior. For instance, they now have to allow users to install apps from third-party
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