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The hammer has finally dropped. The EU has passed the "Digital Services Package" which will heavily regulate any "gatekeeper", as they call them, within their regulatory purview.
While most of the attention is going to fall on the requirements to open up the app store, the part that stuck out to me is:
I wonder if this means that Apple will have to gimp the Secure Enclave in the new "European Union Edition" of all of their products.
Also, this could start a trade war:
While most of the attention is going to fall on the requirements to open up the app store, the part that stuck out to me is:
Give developers access to any hardware feature, such as "near-field communication technology, secure elements and processors, authentication mechanisms, and the software used to control those technologies.
I wonder if this means that Apple will have to gimp the Secure Enclave in the new "European Union Edition" of all of their products.
Also, this could start a trade war:
The DMA says that gatekeepers who ignore the rules will face fines of up to 10 percent of the company's total worldwide annual turnover, or 20 percent in the event of repeated infringements, as well as periodic penalties of up to 5 percent of the company's total worldwide annual turnover. Where gatekeepers perpetrate "systematic infringements," the European Commission will be able to impose additional sanctions, such as obliging a gatekeeper to sell a business or parts of it, including units, assets, intellectual property rights, or brands, or banning a gatekeeper from acquiring any company that provides services in the digital sector.