TECH - Apple's iPad OS Among 22 Services Labeled 'Gatekeepers' By European Commission | Benzinga
Apple Inc.‘s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPad operating system, iPadOS, has been labeled as a gatekeeper by the European Union’s antitrust regulators, according to the European Commission’s recent announcement.
What Happened: The decision comes under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which was enforced this year. The DMA has already classified 22 services from tech giants like Apple, Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META), and ByteDance as gatekeepers, controlling access to their platforms, Reuters reported on Monday.
The European Commission’s decision follows an investigation initiated in September last year. Apple’s iOS, Safari browser, and App Store were previously designated as gatekeepers.
“Our market investigation showed that despite not meeting the thresholds, iPadOS constitutes an important gateway on which many companies rely to reach their customers,” said EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager.
The Commission noted that Apple’s business user numbers exceeded the quantitative ...