Important victory for Apple Microsoft. Two technology giants will prevent some of their main services from complying with the legislation Digital Markets Law (DMA for English abbreviation), new arrangement antitrust between European Union (EU).
European Commission announced this Tuesday that iMessageApple’s instant messaging app will not be described as a “gatekeeper service”, meaning it will not be subject to strict obligations under European law. The same thing will happen in the browser edge search engine from Microsoft bing and the company’s advertising business.
Last September, the Commission announced 22 technological services to be regulated to prevent anti-competitive practices and abuse of power. Among these, the following stood out: AmazonManzana, Google, AimMicrosoft and tiktok. Some included: app store, What’s up or browser SafariHowever, it was unable to reach a decision on iMessage, Edge and Bing and chose to open an investigation that would last five months.
The DMA finds that services with at least 45 million monthly active users and more than 10,000 commercial users per year must comply with the regulations. The Commission initially noted that the above-mentioned Microsoft and Apple services met these requirements. However, two companies with the world’s largest market value opposed this classification. After conducting a “comprehensive assessment”, Brussels He eventually reached an agreement with them and will exclude these services from the law.