The European Union warns of Google and Apple against compatibility with the Great Technological Bases Book – or risk of great fines

The European Union warns of Google and Apple against compatibility with the Great Technological Bases Book – or risk of great fines

The European Union explained on Wednesday the steps that apple It should take to open the iPhone and iPad operating systems to work better with competing technologies.

This is the first time that it has been transferred to forcing the technology company to comply with the book of the digital rules of the bloc, known as the Digital Market Law.

The executive committee of the mass of 27 countries opened two “specifications for specifications” last year to develop the steps needed by Apple to comply with the book of sweeping rules, also known as DMA, which entered last year.

In its decision, the committee detailed the measures that the iPhone maker must take so that the quadruple and other devices can reach the iOS operating system for the Apple. It has also developed a second set of measures aimed at improving transparency and effectiveness of the program developers to request access to iPhone features.

“Brussels” provides the organizational certainty of Apple and developers.

She said: “Effective inter -operating” for third -party devices will mean “a better option for consumers in the fast -growing market for innovative connected devices.”

However, Apple expressed the misery of the result, saying it is bad for the company’s products and European users.

“Today’s decisions are committed to the red tape, which slows the Apple’s ability to innovate for users in Europe and force us to give up our new features for free for companies that do not have to play with the same rules,” the company said in a statement.

Apple said it will continue to work with the European Commission “to help them understand our concerns on behalf of our users.”

The committee also said on Wednesday Google He was not doing enough to comply with DMA. Although changes are made, including the removal of aviation lists, Google has been preferring its own services in the search results.

The committee said in the initial results that Google also fails to allow user developers to direct users to cheaper options outside the Google Play store applications market.

Google said that the results of the European Union will require the company to make more changes on how to display some search results, “which makes it difficult for people to find what they are looking for and reduce traffic to European companies.

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