European Union antitrust regulators have reportedly sent questions for Microsoft and Apple‘s users and rivals. According to a report in news agency Reuters, To gather crucial data, the EU has reportedly sent questionnaires to business rivals and users of the two technology giants with the aim to gauge the significance of Bing, iMessage, and related services compared to alternatives. As to what the big question is: EU has asked whether Microsoft Bing should comply with new tough tech rules and also whether that should be the case for Apple’s iMessage, people familiar with the matter said on Monday.
For context, the European Commission in September opened investigations to assess whether Microsoft’s Bing, Edge and Microsoft Advertising as well as Apple’s iMessage should be subject to the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
The European Commission sent out questionnaires earlier this month, asking rivals and users to rate the importance of Microsoft’s three services and Apple’s iMessage versus competing services. The people familiar with the matter said the EU watchdog asked if there was anything specific to the services that business users rely on and how they fit into the companies’ ecosystems. The EU also asked for the number of users using the services. Respondents have reportedly been given less than a week to provide feedback. The European Commission is said to have set a deadline of five months for itself to complete its investigation.
Why the EU probe
The probes came after the companies contested the EU competition regulator labelling these services as core platform services under the DMA. The DMA requires Microsoft, Apple, Alphabet’s Google, Amazon, Meta Platforms and TikTok parent ByteDance to allow for third-party apps or app stores on their platforms and to make it easier for users to switch from default apps to rivals, among other obligations.
For context, the European Commission in September opened investigations to assess whether Microsoft’s Bing, Edge and Microsoft Advertising as well as Apple’s iMessage should be subject to the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
The European Commission sent out questionnaires earlier this month, asking rivals and users to rate the importance of Microsoft’s three services and Apple’s iMessage versus competing services. The people familiar with the matter said the EU watchdog asked if there was anything specific to the services that business users rely on and how they fit into the companies’ ecosystems. The EU also asked for the number of users using the services. Respondents have reportedly been given less than a week to provide feedback. The European Commission is said to have set a deadline of five months for itself to complete its investigation.
Why the EU probe
The probes came after the companies contested the EU competition regulator labelling these services as core platform services under the DMA. The DMA requires Microsoft, Apple, Alphabet’s Google, Amazon, Meta Platforms and TikTok parent ByteDance to allow for third-party apps or app stores on their platforms and to make it easier for users to switch from default apps to rivals, among other obligations.
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