Apple will likely have to allow third-party app stores The EU named the companies which will be subject to the Digital Markets Act (DMA) antitrust law, with the iPhone maker on the list.

Apple had argued that consumers and developers were free to buy and sell Android versions of apps, therefore it didn’t have a monopoly on mobile apps as a whole – but the European Union rejected this as irrelevant, as Apple has an undeniable monopoly on the sale of iPhone and iPad apps.Īpple eventually conceded the point, and the matter was finally settled in September. One key driver for the plan is likely Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of mobile gaming giant Activision Blizzard … The App Store is officially a monopolyĬurrently, the only place you can buy and download iOS apps is from the App Store. Microsoft has now indicated its intention to run one of these. It was confirmed back in September that Apple will need to comply with antitrust requirements relating to app sales, and it seems most likely this will require the company to allow third-party app stores on iPhones.

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