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The
DMA sets out a list of obligations and prohibitions for Apple,
Alphabet's Google, Amazon, TikTok owner ByteDance, Meta
Platforms and Microsoft which the six companies had to abide by
on March 7.
Apple has in recent weeks announced a series of changes from
allowing apps developers to distribute their iPhone apps
directly to consumers instead of through Apple's App Store to
letting developers distribute their apps to users in the
European Union outside of the App Store.
The company told apps developers, business users and rivals at a
day-long hearing organised by the European Commission that it
has redesigned its systems to comply with the DMA.
"We were guided first and foremost by ensuring that we've
complied with the law. And then second, that we did it in a way
that was consistent with our values and consistent with the
language that we've developed with our users over a very long
period of time. And we think we've accomplished that," Apple's
lawyer Kyle Andeer told the hearing.
"And I think we're focused on it from a user perspective. Now,
it's not to say that we're not focused on the impact of
developers, but I think from our perspective first and foremost,
we'll be tracking very carefully what's the impact of all of
these different changes on the user experience that we've
delivered to our customers for 15, 16 years through the iPhone?"
Meta will present its compliance efforts at a separate hearing
on Tuesday, Amazon on Wednesday, Alphabet on Thursday, ByteDance
on Friday and Microsoft next Tuesday.
Companies that fail to comply with the DMA risk investigations
that can lead to fines of as much as 10% of their global annual
turnover.
(Reporting by Foo Yun Chee; Editing by Susan Fenton)
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