2020 has been a year of many things, obviously everything has been picked up by the pandemic that has affected the whole world, but it has also been a year with a lot of controversy surrounding various tech companies. It was also the year that the various competition organizations once again put technology in the spotlight. And now, a few hours after the end of the year, we already know to whom the new legislation of European Union: Apple. New digital markets law plans to regulate the steps
And this is one of the points that interests the most control is why we are offered an application and another when searching for them in the App Store. Every developer, no matter how small, should have the same opportunities when they appear in the App Store, so consumers would decide one app or another. So, Apple should change the way it displays its results, their algorithms, prioritizing the user’s final decision, not an easy task that needs to be solved … LPreinstalled apps like Mail, Weather etc. should also be uninstalled
We will see what 2021 has in store, Apple works to create a fair ecosystem, trying to avoid any suspicion of a monopoly by which they can be judged, but the truth is that there is always a loose margin that international organizations try not to go unguarded. reBy not complying with the new rules, Apple and others could face fines of 10% of the company’s annual revenue …