New Apple Games App: Guaranteed Un-Installable in the EU

Apple has announced that its new Games app will be preinstalled on everyone’s home screen with iOS 26 and iPadOS 26. For those rightly concerned about the extent to which the DMA is future-proof, there is some reassurance: under the DMA, this app will need to be uninstallable in the EU. The Commission has only recently closed a non-compliance proceeding against Apple, after the company brought itself into compliance by making numerous previously non-removable apps uninstallable. It is therefore highly unlikely that Apple will attempt to test the DMA boundaries again with the Games app. Right? 

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