Apple Plans to Split the App Store in Two

Apple’s head has been in the hands of the European Union lately. Digital Markets Act (DMA) He was in trouble because of this. EU gives users permission to the technology giant allow third-party applications He was pressuring for. In fact, last week, European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager had a meeting with CEO Tim Cook on the subject and reminded the company that the obligation under the DMA was approaching.

Today, it was revealed what kind of solution Apple plans to implement in this regard. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the company will make a big change to the App Store in the coming weeks.

The App Store in the European Union may differ from the App Store in the rest of the world

Gurman said Apple is shutting down the store to comply with legislation that would force it to allow third-party apps. can split in two he stated. The technology giant made this available on the App Store in Europe. from the rest of the world separating can.

In other words, we may start to see a different App Store in European Union countries and a separate App Store in other countries. For Apple to make its store legal Until March 7 there is. So these changes need to be made within the next 7 weeks.

In addition to third-party apps, the EU is also pressuring the company on other issues. He won’t be able to object to Apple allowing developers to promote their apps outside of the App Store. It will also have to allow them to use third-party payment systems. We’re also likely to see some changes to FaceTime and Siri in Europe. We will learn what will happen in the coming weeks.

For the obligations that DMA imposes on technology giants: