EU: Against all expectations, the DMA makes a happy

The new law on digital markets of the European Union has definitively entered into force since the beginning of the month, but so far, there had only been dissatisfied. At the same time, everyone protects their interests, and that's quite normal.

In the case, the CEO of Spotify is the one that may have made the most noise, repeatedly accusing Apple of unfair competition in the App Store. Which probably played a role inthe fine of a billion eight hundred million euroswhich has recently been imposed on the firm by the European Union.

The third -party browser Mozilla Firefox had also shown his dissatisfaction following the announcement of Apple concerning the latest directives of the App Store, which arehenceforth set up in iOS 17.4. As a reminder, they were supposed to respect the new EU laws, inopening the ecosystem to competition,moreApple did not play the game 100 %.

About Mozilla Firefox, his co-founder Brendan Eich, who has left the ship for a while, is for his partdelighted with the rules of the European Union.Brendan Eich has a very solid background, because in addition to being the creator of Mozilla Firefox, he is also behind the JavaScript computer programming language. After leaving Mozilla, he launchedThe Brave browser, which emphasizes confidentiality.

Brave explodes

One of the measures implemented by European commissioners is that the user canChoose which default browser he wants to install on his iPhone. Before that, Safari was natively on all Apple phones.

This device seems to have allowed Brave to see its number of facilities fly away. The browser isRight now downloaded 10,000 times a day on average.In apublication [X], Brave affirms:

Why did Apple and Google make the default browser change difficult for so many years? Because it is a powerful way to block competitors. Just look at what happened to brave installations on iPhone in the EU when Apple has deployed a new screen of default browser on March 6:

Brave adds:

IPhone users in the EU will see the browser choice screen illustrated when they open Safari after update to iOS 17.4. The order of navigators in the list is however random. If you want to protect your privacy and speed up your navigation, choose Brave!

To learn more about Brave, it's here.