EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, approved
This is easily one of the most expansive Acts regarding computing devices passed in my lifetime. The summary is in the link. As an iPhone user, this will enable me to:<p>* Install any software<p>* Install any App Store and choose to make it default<p>* Use third party payment providers and choose to make them default<p>* Use any voice assistant and choose to make it default<p>* User any browser and browser engine and choose to make it default<p>* Use any messaging app and choose to make it default<p>* Make core messaging functionality interoperable. They lay out concrete examples like file transfer<p>* Use existing hardware and software features without competitive prejudice. E.g. NFC<p>* Not preference their services. This includes CTAs in settings to encourage users to subscribe to Gatekeeper services, and ranking their own services above others in selection and advertising portals<p>* Much, much, more.<p>After the Act is signed by the Council and the European Parliament in September, Apple, Google, Amazon, and other &quot;Gatekeepers&quot; will have six months to comply. Fines are up to 10% of global revenue for the first offense, and 20% for repeat offenses.