Regulation

Can the EU change course on tech?

Last week, Mario Draghi, who had formerly served as President of the European Central Bank and Italian Prime Minister, published…

September 18, 2024

Apple to developers: Heads I win, tails you lose (part 4)

See also: Apple to Developers: Heads I win, tails you lose parts one, two, and three Apple updated its terms…

Meta’s “pay or okay” model violates the DMA

The European Commission (EC) today announced that it has found Meta's "pay or okay" model to be in violation of…

Apple’s DMA compliance and the EC’s folly

The European Commission (EC) today revealed that it has reached the "preliminary view" that Apple's App Store policies in the…

Regulators apply fresh scrutiny to app store alternatives

Japan's national legislature, the Diet, enacted a bill into law last week that will impose new restrictions and obligations on…

Podcast: Understanding the UK’s DMCC (with Tom Smith)

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2aWz7QGbiTa2yXzkC3Tm3q?si=yR_QlswEQzS5tn3Hw3aXJg My guest on this week's episode of the Mobile Dev Memo podcast is Tom Smith, a partner at specialist…

Podcast: All about the Digital Markets Act (with Lazar Radic)

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5bAfueMPZ18JaCfF78zK45?si=651ab730e9854718 My guest on this episode of the podcast is Lazar Radic, a Senior Scholar for Competition Policy at the International…

Podcast: Is Pay or Okay dead in Europe? (with Mikołaj Barczentewicz)

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0v2HIla5ftBT84ithdLFgK?si=uqMN0zb_RBq-MGQqUNdiwQ My guest on this episode of the Mobile Dev Memo podcast is Mikołaj Barczentewicz, a law professor at, and the…

The EDPB invalidates Meta’s use of Pay or Okay. What next?

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) yesterday adopted an opinion on the valid use of the "Pay or Okay" model…

Podcast: What’s the purpose of a competition regulator? (with Tom Fish)

My guest on this week's episode of the podcast is Tom Fish, the Head of Public Policy and Research at…