EU Spares Apple Maps and Apple Ads

The European Commission contiguous said it recovered that Apple Maps and Apple Ads should not beryllium designated arsenic "gateways" nether the EU's Digital Markets Act.


In a property release, the European Commission said that Apple Maps and Apple Ads are not large capable individually to suffice arsenic "important gateways betwixt concern users and extremity users," and truthful the platforms volition not beryllium taxable to stricter regulations. This follows an probe that began successful precocious November.

"This appraisal is based connected a fig of considerations, including that Apple Maps has a comparatively debased wide usage complaint successful the EU, and that Apple Ads has precise constricted standard successful the online advertizing assemblage successful the EU," the European Commission said.

Apple arsenic a full is inactive considered a "gatekeeper" nether the Digital Markets Act.

Apple Ads and Apple Maps volition person much successful communal soon, arsenic Apple reportedly plans to commencement showing ads wrong Apple Maps hunt results as soon arsenic this year.
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