Apple’s commitment to switch iPhones to USB Type-C, which has been much talked about in 2022, has been over in recent weeks. adopted by majority vote. Greg Joswiak, one of the senior executives of the Cupertino tech giant, which is expected to transition all iPhone models to Type-C by the end of 2024, said that stated that this would lead to a huge amount of waste.

A new law passed today by the European Union seems to be stirring things up. In line with the law that comes into effect this month, Apple and other smartphone manufacturers are sitting on their smartphones. Must allow third party app stores.

App Store is no longer the only option

EU official Gerard de Graaf said in a statement targeting Apple “If you’re using an iPhone, you don’t just need to download apps from the App Store. You have the right to download applications from other application stores and from the Internet.He stated that they are against this imposition of Apple.

The new law will allow Apple and other phone manufacturers to download legal applications from the Internet in addition to the fixed application stores on phones and F-Droid, Samsung store and similar app stores will have to allow it too. Of course, these application stores and websites are illegal applications, custom apps and infected apps no need to host.

The statement also stated that manufacturers subject to this law will be grouped as “moderate” and “far from consensus” and in the next 6 months It was argued that companies that fail to make the necessary changes to smart devices will be penalized according to the group they are in.

Although the Android operating system makes it difficult to download applications from the Internet with Android 13, it can still host many application stores. Due to Apple’s strict rules Undoubtedly, in the group of companies it will be “far from compromise”.

While Apple officials have yet to make a statement on the subject, This law will certainly put Apple in a difficult position..