Punishment for Apple and Meta from the EU

The EU Commission has announced that Apple and raw material companies have violated their obligations under the law on digital markets and a fine was filled.

In accordance with the EU rules, the developers who distribute their applications via the Apple app store should be able to inform and guide their customers free of charge about alternative offers.

The explanation pointed out that application developers could not benefit from other alternative distribution channels than the app store due to various Apple.

The EU sent a command to remove the technical and commercial restrictions on the routing of Apple, Apple said that a fine of 500 million euros due to a violation of the rules.

An explanation reported that the “Pay or Consent” model of META was reported to incompatibility.

As part of the EU's digital rules, it was reminded that large platforms were classified as threshold value and that these users have to receive approval in order to combine their personal data between services, and emphasize that users who do not agree should be provided with a less personalized equivalent alternative service.

The explanation reminded that Meta 2023 introduced the “Pay or Rize Show” model, and in this context the EU user called for approval for the monthly subscription or data combination for Facebook and Instagram for the advertising supplement.

The EU Commission found that the META model contradicted the rules that the company received a penalty of 200 million euros.

The explanation states that Apple and Meta should adhere to the commission's decisions, otherwise they can be sentenced to regular fines.

With the digital service law that came into force in 2024, the rules of technology companies on the EU market were tightened.

Last year, the EU initiated an investigation to determine whether Apple and Meta have complied with the rules under the law on digital markets.

The EU Commission was fined for the first time because the rules were not met under the law on digital markets.


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