Apple warns UK against introducing tougher tech regulation
Apple warned that “EU -style rules” proposed by the UK competition guard were “bad for users and bad for developers”.
He says that EU laws, which are trying to facilitate small companies to compete with big technology, cause some Apple features and improvements for European users to be delayed.
Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) advocates the risk of similar waiting if the regulator stands out with plans designed to open the markets that say Apple and Google is very dominant.
CMA, BBC, Apple rejected the characterization of the UK competitive rules, they are different from those in the EU, and businesses to innovate and help to grow, he said.
Apple’s intervention comes because the international technology regulation is sharply criticized by President Donald Trump.
He did not specify which countries he was unhappy, but to the rules he claimed, ” Online shipment On Monday.
“Respecting the United States and our spectacular technology companies or taking into account the results!”
The US President wrote that all countries with digital taxes, legislation, rules or regulations have notified that these “discriminatory actions” explanations and restrictions on access to US technology “.
However, CMA argues that interventions will be good for users and UK application developers.
In July, approximately 90-100% of the UK mobile devices “Apple or Google’s mobile platforms running, and this means that companies are” effective duopol “.
As a result, he said it would require Apple and Google to make changes in services – for example, application manufacturers allow users to “direct” to Apple’s own App Store payment systems.
Now it gave companies the chance to respond and will make a final decision in October.
In his new statement, Apple argues that CMA’s approach “undermines the privacy and security guards that our users expected, prevents our ability to innovate and forces us to give our technology to foreign competitors free of charge.”
According to Apple, the changes proposed by the guard repeat the mistakes made by the EU in the implementation of the technology competition law.
There was Apple Great fines on it To violate DMA.
CMA wants UK application producers to use Apple’s mobile technology and change their shopping – something called “working together”
Without it, application producers cannot create all innovative products and services.
In accordance with the EU’s working rules, Apple received more than 100 requests that demand access to sensitive user data, including precision information that Apple itself cannot access.
He argues that the rules allow other companies to demand their data and intellectual property free of charge.
However, unlike the EU, CMA argues that Apple’s technology focuses on ensuring certain aspects of digital wallets and watches to work together, thus using British developers to create innovative new applications.
Apple also argues that the bids that allow application developers to direct users to opponent payment systems will open the door to fraud and threaten the safety of users.
In response to Apple’s criticism, the CMA wrote that the UK competition rules are basically working on the EU in a different way:
“The developing implementation developer is designed to help UK businesses, including our economy, it enables UK consumers not to miss the innovation introduced in other countries.” He said.
“Riding more competition on mobile platforms does not need to weaken confidentiality, security or intellectual property, and since we carefully think about the UK -specific steps, we will not do it.”
