Apple had six months to make sure iPadOS was compliant with DMA obligations, which embody permitting customers within the EU to obtain apps from outdoors of the Apple App Store, uninstall preloaded iPad apps, and select their very own default apps like browsers. It additionally opens up iPadOS, like iOS, to apps that use different browser engines aside from WebKit, however we’re nonetheless ready for somebody like Google to make the most of that.
The iPhone maker initially argued that iPadOS didn’t meet the required consumer threshold for the DMA, however it was nonetheless decided to be an “vital gateway on which many firms rely to achieve their clients,” in keeping with EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager.
