Apple ignores DMA interoperability requests and contradicts own documentation

pjc50

Disappointed but not surprised. Their intent is not to comply, so you'll have to sue them at every step for every atom of compliance.

actionfromafar

Is anyone surprised? I suppose Apple will care when a lot of money is extracted from their bank account.

u_sama

Not surprised, I can't still install any app I want on an iPhone despite the DMA/DSA Acts pushing clearly in that direction

anthk

FSFE should top caring about Apple and giving awards to Microsoft and propietary software company supporters. Learn a thing or two from FSFLA and stop being a honeypot against libre software.

nazgu1

I wonder how it is that we, as the users, allow it when iOS started allowing third-party. After that we accepted that macOS is more and more closed platform. And I'm hearing constantly something like "Yes, that's wrong, but at least platform is secure". For me security is less about how much platform is closed and more about how educated users are. On the side note that is interesting, that when first iOS version was released Apple talked that "PWA" will be the future, and nowadays Apple do everything to suppress PWA ;)

traspler

I think it is a valid article but it tries very hard to ignore that it seems like at least 12 (21%) of the requests are currently in development at Apple. If all of them are medium/complex requests then they are all still within the advertised timeline. So yes, technically nothing was released yet but I read at least an implied suggestion that nothing will be, which does not look like a conclusion that can be drawn at the moment.

Lerc

TLA overload strikes again. Reading this after a day of fighting microcontrollers made me interpret the headline quite differently. Ignoring DMA requests and contradictory documentation sounded entirely on point.

intothemild

I wonder how much this will change now that Tim Apple, is out and John Apple is in. (probably none)

zb3

Apple will listen only when executives are physically put in jail.. Europe can't do this, and I don't see this happening in the US soon either.

lostmsu

Break it up

qubex

Oh the hoops I had to jump through to get UTM with JIT enabled on my 17 Pro Max with iOS 26…

nothinkjustai

Are people honestly surprised that companies being forced by the EU to give up parts of their competitive advantage would be maliciously compliant? That’s honestly baked into the regulatory system. Make better legislation next time LOL I stand with Apple here :)

benjismith

I thought this pull-quote was interesting: "Interoperability only works when it is built into the platform from the start" -- Lucas Lasota, FSFE Legal Programme Manager To my mind, this is almost exactly opposite of true. Most new capabilities need to be incubated in private first, so that the APIs can get real-world usage and have a chance to evolve into a stable state before they become public interoperability promises.

musicale

> Interoperability only works when it is built into the platform from the start. So the solution is for Apple to offer Linux (or FreeBSD, etc.) as setup options for people who don't want to be locked into a proprietary, walled-garden, vertically integrated platform? That is an interesting idea. Apple has some experience writing hardware drivers for other operating systems, as they did with the Boot Camp drivers for Windows.