TECH - EU Cracks Down on Tech Giants: Apple Alphabet and Qualcomm in Regulatory Spotlight | Benzinga
Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), Google parent Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL), and Qualcomm Inc (NASDAQ:QCOM) executives recently met with EU Antitrust Chief Margrethe Vestager to discuss issues related to regulation and competition policy compliance.
These meetings, part of Vestager’s broader engagement with tech leaders, including Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO) and Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA), focused on the implications of European digital regulations, particularly the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and general competition policies.
In her meeting with Apple’s CEO Tim Cook, Vestager addressed the need for Apple to allow app distribution outside its AppStore, Reuters reports.
They also discussed ongoing competition cases, such as those involving Apple Music.
During her discussion with Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet and Google, topics included the design of choice screens, Google’s ...