How serious is this warning? How likely all fines. I, Caroline. I mean, this is not an investigation yet. It's something called specification proceedings, meaning that it is a step shy of an actual investigation. In a statement, the commissioner for competition, Margrethe Vestager, said that the intent is guiding Apple on the way to interoperability. So, there is still some time for Apple to address these concerns. For sure. If nothing changes over the next six months, there might be steps that might be consequences. But right now, it's not as serious as it could be yet. Jen, there's a misunderstanding about the technology side of this story. For example, in Europe, Apple has held back some of its latest features due to compliance, what it sees as a compliance issue with the DMA. But the idea is not that you take a Samsung phone or Zhao Mi phone and you suddenly have iOS on it. Just explain the basics of what they

want Apple to do. But what I understand is a couple of things. It is essentially allowing developers to access features of iOS that right now work only with Apple software. Think, for instance, of Siri. Siri is, of course, something that only works within the Apple ecosystem technically. You could imagine a developer wanting to access some features of Siri for its own app on, of course, the ecosystem or payment features. Some payment features only work within Apple Apps, Apple software. And that's another thing. One thing that also the commission addresses is interoperability of devices. Again, some features, for instance, of Siri only accessible to, for instance, devices such as the AirPods or other Apple types of gear. And so we want, I mean, the European Union would want ideally that to change and be accessible to other devices.

Apple Gets EU Warning on Operating System

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