The Days When iPhones Could Come Without Apple Apps Might Not Be Far

Apple is gradually opening up its walled garden and allowing developers to do more on its platforms, but the European Union could force the Cupertino-based tech giant to make a change that it certainly won’t like.

More specifically, the Financial Times writes that the European Commission is currently looking into new regulations that would be released under a so-called Digital Services Act that would force devices sold on the continent to come without pre-loaded first-party apps.

The move is supposed to help smaller companies compete against tech giants, and could eventually require Apple to no longer pre-loaded its apps on iPhones and provide users with more alternatives.

If this sounds familiar to you, Google is probably the company that can tell Apple how the whole thing needs to be done. The Mountain View-based search giant has recently been required to offer a search engine choice s… (read more)

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