EC penalty Apple and threw EUR 700 million for EU digital market violations / day

Apple is fined € 500 million, while Meta Meta 200 million euros. Both companies can still challenge these penalties in court.

The EC accuses Apple that it has limited app developer capabilities to market their products outside the Apple app store and has not « proved that these restrictions are objectively necessary and proportionate, » said a press release in a press release.

Apple has already announced that it will be challenged.

The Meta’s applied fine is related to the so -called fee or agree with the model valid from March 2024 to November 2024, according to which Facebook and Instagram users had to choose between a monthly subscription platform version without advertising and free version with personalized ads.

This model violated the requirements of the act of digital markets, as it did not provide users with the possibility of choosing a service that uses less of their personal data but otherwise equivalent to personalized advertising, the EC points out.

These fines could affect the current tense relations between the US and the EU, especially in terms of trade. Washington Brussels is subjected to a fine penalty for large US companies as a kind of tax.

However, the EC emphasizes that the accusations made by US companies are not related to the compressive of the geopolitical situation.