Apple’s DMA compliance and the EC’s folly The European Commission (EC) today revealed that it has reached the "preliminary view" that Apple's App Store policies in the… June 24, 2024
Regulators apply fresh scrutiny to app store alternatives Japan's national legislature, the Diet, enacted a bill into law last week that will impose new restrictions and obligations on… June 18, 2024
Podcast: Understanding the UK’s DMCC (with Tom Smith) https://open.spotify.com/episode/2aWz7QGbiTa2yXzkC3Tm3q?si=yR_QlswEQzS5tn3Hw3aXJg My guest on this week's episode of the Mobile Dev Memo podcast is Tom Smith, a partner at specialist… June 5, 2024
Podcast: All about the Digital Markets Act (with Lazar Radic) https://open.spotify.com/episode/5bAfueMPZ18JaCfF78zK45?si=651ab730e9854718 My guest on this episode of the podcast is Lazar Radic, a Senior Scholar for Competition Policy at the International… May 8, 2024
Podcast: Is Pay or Okay dead in Europe? (with Mikołaj Barczentewicz) https://open.spotify.com/episode/0v2HIla5ftBT84ithdLFgK?si=uqMN0zb_RBq-MGQqUNdiwQ My guest on this episode of the Mobile Dev Memo podcast is Mikołaj Barczentewicz, a law professor at, and the… April 24, 2024
The EDPB invalidates Meta’s use of Pay or Okay. What next? The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) yesterday adopted an opinion on the valid use of the "Pay or Okay" model… April 18, 2024
Podcast: What’s the purpose of a competition regulator? (with Tom Fish) My guest on this week's episode of the podcast is Tom Fish, the Head of Public Policy and Research at… April 3, 2024
Europe’s misguided hostility towards Pay or Okay On Monday, the European Commission announced that it is launching investigations into Alphabet, Apple, and Meta under the Digital Markets… March 28, 2024
The DoJ’s Apple suit and ’performance smartphones’ The Justice Department, along with 16 states and the District of Columbia, filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple yesterday, alleging… March 22, 2024
Apple’s DMA concession: good news for developers Apple published an update to its EU App Store Developer Guidelines yesterday. As part of the update, Apple has changed… March 13, 2024