The new options for processing payments and downloading apps on iOS open new avenues for malware, fraud and scams, illicit and harmful content, and other privacy and security threats.
With these steps, Apple will continue to deliver the best, most secure experience possible for EU users. Across every change, Apple is introducing new safeguards that reduce - but don’t eliminate - new risks the DMA poses to EU users. The changes include more than 600 new APIs, expanded app analytics, functionality for alternative browser engines, and options for processing app payments and distributing iOS apps. Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store in the European Unionįor developers, the changes include new options for app distribution and payment processingįor users, the changes include new controls and disclosures, and expanded protections to reduce privacy and security risks the DMA createsĬUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today announced changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store impacting developers’ apps in the European Union (EU) to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
