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Apple Steps Up DMA Dispute as EU Rejects Waiver Requests, Limiting Some Features in Europe

Apple says EU interoperability demands would expose sensitive on-device data to third parties.

Overview

  • The European Commission rejected Apple's bids to exempt items such as iOS notifications, proximity pairing and automatic Wi‑Fi connections.
  • In response, Apple kept iPhone Mirroring on Mac and Live Translation on AirPods Pro 3 out of the EU market.
  • An Apple statement says the rules undermine privacy and security and require the company to give its intellectual property to competitors for free.
  • Apple says regulators are seeking access to each user’s full Wi‑Fi history and decrypted notification contents.
  • Senior executive Greg Joswiak says governments are trying to redesign Apple products and that some integrations were withheld because providing access would be unsafe.