Due to the European Union’s harsh rules under the Digital Markets Act, users in the European Union are still waiting for the mirror of their iPhone iPhone, and they will not find the feature of direct activity at any time. In a recent statement, Apple Legal President Kyle Ender said that some of some of the upcoming iOS 26 features may be delayed or may not be able to reach at all. There is even talks about EU users who lose the air drop function.
According to Apple, Europe’s DMA is hurting the company because it needs to share its technology with other parties. In addition, under the Digital Markets Act, privacy needs are unrealistic and some are seen in favor of companies.
Apple has once again pointed out that Meta is exploiting DMA requirements and is asking for technology and user data that has nothing to do with Facebook or Instagram’s basic services. In the meantime, Apple is being forced to delay the products and features because the European Union is making it difficult to comply with all the rules, which seems to be not applied to all companies equally.
Apple’s official position is that DMA is not designed to save users, but rather in favor of companies, sometimes to Europeans.
It is interesting to see Apple fighting EU regulatory institutions, while following everything that the Chinese government says. In any case, we hope that the European Union and Apple should set up things for regular consumers, who are forced to pay the same price, or even greater price, like their American peers, and do not achieve all the utility.
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