--- title: A Letter to the European Commission on Apple’s Lack of DMA Compliance description: A Letter to the European Commission on Apple’s Lack of DMA Compliance image: https://communities.cafeyn.co/hubfs/050324_Blog%20vignette.jpg --- [![Cafeyn_Logo_White@2x](https://communities.cafeyn.co/hs-fs/hubfs/File%20corporate%20page/Cafeyn_Logo_White@2x.png?width=150&height=50&name=Cafeyn_Logo_White@2x.png "Cafeyn_Logo_White@2x")](https://communities.cafeyn.co/press) Open main menu Close main menu - [ACCUEIL](https://communities.cafeyn.co/press) # A Letter to the European Commission on Apple’s Lack of DMA Compliance ![Alexis Saget](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/e666c2d20d4fed9ddc02b935e80037bd) [Alexis Saget](https://communities.cafeyn.co/press/author/alexis-saget) [Partager cet article de blog sur Twitter (X)](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=I+found+this+interesting+blog+post&url=https://communities.cafeyn.co/press/letter-eu-dma) [Partager cet article de blog sur Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://communities.cafeyn.co/press/letter-eu-dma) [Partager cet article de blog sur LinkedIn](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://communities.cafeyn.co/press/letter-eu-dma) ![](https://communities.cafeyn.co/hubfs/050324_Blog%20vignette.jpg) **Ahead of the European Union’s DMA implementation deadline tomorros, Cafeyn and many EU companies and associations, including Spotify,  Deezer and France Digitale, sent the following letter to the European Commission today raising concerns about Apple’s lack of compliance.**  Mrs Margrethe Vestager Executive Vice-President - A Europe Fit for the Digital Age European Commission Rue de la Loi 200 1049 Brussels Belgium Mr Thierry Breton Commissioner for Internal Market European Commission Rue de la Loi 200 1049 Brussels Belgium 1 March 2024 Subject: Apple’s proposed scheme for DMA compliance - strong concerns from businesses Dear Executive Vice-President, dear Commissioner, We are 34 companies and associations operating across a wide range of digital sectors, including aviation, publishing/press, gaming, commercial radios, audio streaming, applications software, communications, marketing, payment, fintech, crypto and marketplaces. Together, we represent tens of thousands of businesses of all sizes and we serve hundreds of millions of customers across Europe. We are very concerned that Apple’s proposed scheme for compliance with the Digital Markets Act (DMA), as communicated on 25 January 2024, will not meet the law’s requirements therefore inhibiting our ability to deliver the benefits of the DMA to consumers as soon as possible. Apple’s new terms not only disregard both the spirit and letter of the law, but if left unchanged, make a mockery of the DMA and the considerable efforts by the European Commission and EU institutions to make digital markets competitive. There are a myriad of elements in Apple’s announcement that do not comply with the DMA. We take this opportunity to highlight some of the most obvious and egregious: - Apple is offering app developers an unworkable choice between staying on its current terms - which are manifestly not compliant with the DMA - or opting into new terms, implying that only app developers opting into the new terms will benefit from the DMA. This is a false choice and merely adds unnecessary complexity and confusion. Neither option is DMA compliant and both options would simply consolidate Apple’s stronghold over digital markets. - The new fee structure in the proposed new terms seems designed to maintain and even amplify Apple’s exploitation of its dominance over app developers. With a hefty transaction fee and a Core Technology Fee (CTF), few app developers will agree to these unjust terms. These fees will deter app developers from providing seamless in-app experiences for consumers, and will hamper fair competition with potential alternative payment providers. - Apple claims “the changes include new controls and disclosures, and expanded protections to reduce privacy and security risks the DMA creates.” This is masquerading unfounded privacy and security concerns to the detriment of user choice. Apple’s approach – such as the introduction of “scare screens” - will merely mislead and degrade the user experience, depriving them of real choice and the benefits of the DMA. - To succeed, the DMA must create opportunities for real competition, including alternative app stores and sideloading. New app stores are critical to driving competition and choice both for app developers and consumers. Sideloading will give app developers a real choice between the Apple App Store or their own distribution channel and technology. Apple’s new terms do not allow for sideloading and make the installation and use of new app stores difficult, risky and financially unattractive for developers. Rather than creating healthy competition and new choices, Apple’s new terms will erect new barriers and reinforce Apple’s stronghold over the iPhone ecosystem. The European Commission’s response to Apple’s proposal will serve as a litmus test of the DMA and whether it can deliver for Europe’s citizens and economy. In the absence of materially different proposals from Apple, we urge the European Commission to take swift, timely and decisive action against Apple, to protect developers and benefit consumers and do so as soon as the DMA obligations apply. This is the only way to guarantee the DMA remains both credible and delivers competitive digital markets. Yours sincerely, The Signatories **EU Companies** Adevinta Beonex [Blockchain.com](http://blockchain.com/) Cafeyn Deezer Epic Games iconomy Mustang Paddle Parula Proton Schibsted 37signals SkyDemon Spotify Threema Uptodown Vipps MobilePay **EU Associations** Alliance Digitale Association Européenne des Radios (AER) Classifieds Marketplaces Europe (CME) Digital Content Next (DCN) Digital Music Europe (DME) European DIGITAL SME Alliance European Games Developer Federation (EGDF) European Fintech Association (EFA) European Magazine Media Association (EMMA) European Newspaper Publishers’ Association (ENPA) European Publishers Council (EPC) France Digitale Internet Economy Foundation (IEF) News Media Europe (NME) Sveriges Tidskrifter Tidningsutgivarna **Contact presse ** Julia Aymé / [j.ayme@cafeyn.co](mailto:j.ayme@cafeyn.co) - +33699692704  ## Articles liés [![](https://communities.cafeyn.co/hubfs/Corner_Press%20center.jpg)](https://communities.cafeyn.co/press/cafeyn-se-met-aux-couleurs-de-la-coupe-du-monde) ### [Cafeyn se met aux couleurs de la Coupe du Monde](https://communities.cafeyn.co/press/cafeyn-se-met-aux-couleurs-de-la-coupe-du-monde) **A l’occasion de la Coupe du Monde, Cafeyn poursuit son développement sur l’actualité sportive à travers plusieurs nouveautés significatives : ** - **Des interviews exclusives...** [Laura Demaison](https://communities.cafeyn.co/press/author/laura-demaison) [En savoir plus](https://communities.cafeyn.co/press/cafeyn-se-met-aux-couleurs-de-la-coupe-du-monde) [![](https://communities.cafeyn.co/hubfs/Manga.io_Press%20center.jpg)](https://communities.cafeyn.co/press/partenariat-mangas.io) ### [Cafeyn conclut un partenariat stratégique avec Mangas.io, la 1ère application de lecture de mangas par abonnement en France](https://communities.cafeyn.co/press/partenariat-mangas.io) **Fort de son expérience en tant que distributeur de presse numérique, Cafeyn noue un partenariat avec la plateforme de lecture de mangas Mangas.io pour l’accompagner dans...** ![Alexis Saget](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/e666c2d20d4fed9ddc02b935e80037bd) [Alexis Saget](https://communities.cafeyn.co/press/author/alexis-saget) [En savoir plus](https://communities.cafeyn.co/press/partenariat-mangas.io) [![Cafeyn_Logo_Classic@3x](https://communities.cafeyn.co/hs-fs/hubfs/Cafeyn_Logo_Classic@3x.png?width=200&height=67&name=Cafeyn_Logo_Classic@3x.png "Cafeyn_Logo_Classic@3x")](https://communities.cafeyn.co/press) --- [Follow us on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/CafeynFR) [Follow us on Twitter](https://twitter.com/cafeyn_fr) [Follow us on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/cafeyn) [Follow us on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/cafeyn_france/) - [cafeyn.co](https://www.cafeyn.co/fr/newsstand) - Ils parlent de nous - [Politique des cookies](https://www.cafeyn.co/fr/cookiespolicy) ![appstore](https://communities.cafeyn.co/hs-fs/hubfs/appstore.png?width=150&name=appstore.png) ![playstore](https://communities.cafeyn.co/hs-fs/hubfs/playstore.png?width=150&name=playstore.png)   ```json { "@context" : "https://schema.org", "@type" : "BlogPosting", "author" : { "@type" : "Person", "name" : "Alexis Saget", "url" : "https://communities.cafeyn.co/press/author/alexis-saget" }, "dateModified" : "2024-03-05T15:32:36.795Z", "datePublished" : "2024-03-05T15:31:30.000Z", "headline" : "A Letter to the European Commission on Apple’s Lack of DMA Compliance", "image" : [ "https://communities.cafeyn.co/hubfs/050324_Blog%20vignette.jpg" ], "mainEntityOfPage" : { "@id" : "https://communities.cafeyn.co/press/letter-eu-dma", "@type" : "WebPage" }, "publisher" : { "@type" : "Organization", "logo" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "url" : "https://communities.cafeyn.co/hubfs/CAFEYN-GR-logotype-sign-mail.png" }, "name" : "LEKIOSQUE.FR" } } ```