Digital Markets Act: Civil society calls for investigation into Alphabet’s non-compliance

 Article 19 et al., here. 

Activating the full DMA's potential (Episode XX, still only scratching the surface): 

"Article 27
Information by third parties
1. Any third party, including business users, competitors or end-users of the core platform services listed in the designation decision pursuant to Article 3(9), as well as their representatives, may inform the national competent authority of the Member State, enforcing the rules referred to in Article 1(6), or the Commission directly, about any practice or behaviour by gatekeepers that falls within the scope of this Regulation."

But (and this is one of the issues with the DMA, not the it wasn't mentioned during the negotiations):

"2. The...Commission shall have full discretion as regards the appropriate measures and are under no obligation to follow-up on the information received" 

 

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?