From Brussels they have set themselves the task of wanting to legislate so that all that that smells or looks like monopoly be removed for the sake of users. A draft is in preparation, which will force companies like Apple to be able to remove all those applications pre-installed on the devices regardless of what they are. All this in order to give the user the ability to choose the application that interests them the most.
The European Anti-Monopoly Law will be called Digital Services Law
La Digital Services Law, This is the name of the compendium of laws that come to avoid the monopoly of large technology companies in Europe. But in addition, it also proposes to apply limits to the powers of "control platforms" such as the Apple App Store. At the moment it is only a draft. But it is already recommended that "Big Tech" be prohibited from favoring their own services on their websites or platforms.
The steps taken by Apple in certain applications of some of its devices such as the iPad with iPadOS 14 in which we are allowed to choose the default browser app, they may be enough to calm the waters a bit. However, we do not believe that it will do so for long. It is intended to prevent companies from converting their devices as means for the use of their own software.
One of the main things the EU is concerned about is that large companies have spent years litigating on this issue. After all, they can afford it and in the meantime they will continue to build their own applications on their own devices. So what they have done is create a series of questionnaires with open questions and answers for those who are interested to fill it out. With this, the EU can get an idea of the path they should take so that all the work is not wasted.
