
Apple and the EU have a tough relationship, it seems. First, E.U. regulators forced Apple to ditch Lightning for USB-C and now the point of contention is the App Store itself.
The company has become the first ever to be charged with violating the Digital Markets Act (D.M.A.), a pro-competition E.U. law passed in 2022 that seeks to stop "gatekeepers" from locking customers into ecosystems. In the case of the App Store, this means allowing app developers to steer consumers to offers outside Apple's walled garden free of charge.