In the latest development, the European Union (EU) has targeted an Apple product because it wants to make it easier for people to move their data between services, including iCloud.
According to PhoneArena, Apple’s systems are fairly self-contained to third-party solutions, and iCloud storage is no exception as transferring data from one storage to another is not a problem. is too easy. The Data Act proposed by the European Commission in 2022 wants this to no longer be too dependent on Apple
The European Commission has reached an agreement on the proposed legislation (it will not become law immediately, but needs to go through different stages) aimed at simplifying the move to alternative data services. , but also aims to combat unauthorized data transmission and set standards for interoperability.
But that’s not all. The Data Act also gives more power to customers and companies in how to use the data generated by their products.
For Apple, this means the company will have to modify iCloud to simplify the process of transferring data to another service, such as Google Drive. Currently, Apple has an app for Android called “Move to iOS” that makes it easier to transfer your data from Android to iOS. But an app that does the opposite is not available by Apple at this time.
The new EU law was proposed as part of actions from the organization to reduce the monopoly of Big Tech for quite a long time. The union has previously introduced laws such as the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the Digital Services Act (DSA) both of which were signed into law last year. The DMA ensures fair competition in the digital market, while the DSA focuses on regulating online content and aims to hold the tech giants accountable for handling illegal content on the platform