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EU fines Apple and Meta $800m for breaching fair competition rules

EU fines Apple and Meta $800m for breaching fair competition rules

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The European Commission has imposed significant fines on Apple and Meta for breaching digital competition rules. Apple was fined 500 million euros for preventing app developers from directing users to cheaper options outside of the App Store. Meta was fined 200 million euros for its "pay or consent" system. The fines are likely to exacerbate tensions between the EU and the Trump administration, particularly given the US's previous objections to EU regulations. Apple has stated its intention to appeal the fine. The Commission has warned that the fines could increase if Meta and Apple fail to comply within 60 days.

Thomas Regnier
European Commission
1. Be it a Chinese company, be it an American company, or be it a European company, you will have to play by the rules in the European Union.
2. We don't care who owns the company. We don't care where the company is located.
Teresa Ribera
European Commission
1. All companies operating in the EU must follow our laws and respect European values.
Henna Virkkunen
European Commission
1. The decisions adopted today find that both Apple and Meta have taken away this free choice from their users and are required to change their behaviour.
Apple
1. Today's announcements are yet another example of the European Commission unfairly targeting Apple in a series of decisions that are bad for the privacy and security of our users, bad for products, and force us to give away our technology for free.
Joel Kaplan
Facebook
1. The commission forcing us to change our business model effectively imposes a multibillion-dollar tariff on Meta while requiring us to offer an inferior service.
Agustín Reyna
European Consumer Organization
1. Apple and Meta have had ample time to comply with the Digital Markets Act but instead have delayed compliance and tried to twist the rules to their advantage.