One of the advantages and disadvantages of the iPhone is that walled garden called iOS. In it, the user enjoys greater security and a higher degree of optimization, but also encounters the classic problems of a closed ecosystem and the limitations that result from it.

Europe is increasingly resistant to Apple’s tight control over iOS and the golden cage approach, which has never been a problem for iPhone users. In fact, a large part of those who buy this smartphone do so for this very reason They really want to be in that walled garden.

I am one of those users. I like the convenience, security and simplicity that iOS offers me. At the time, I had several Android-based terminals and enjoyed spending a good portion of my free time playing with them, but I don’t have that time anymore I don’t even have the same desire to fiddle with my smartphone.

Europe wants to open an iPhone walled garden

And it’s clear how to do it. The Digital Markets Actknown as the DMA, is one of the most important new pieces of legislation in the European Union for tech giants, and Apple is one of the most affected.

The process of adapting to this law includes changes as important and unthinkable as allowing iOS apps to be downloaded directly from developer websites. This will open the walled gardenbut Europe wants to go further and hopes that Apple will make other changes of special importance.

The European Union’s DMA is forcing Apple to make additional changes to iOS that will also affect the iPadO, thus extending to the iPhone and iPad. The apple company shared a statement on its official website saying this They will introduce the following changes at the end of this year:

• Modifications to the default browser and application selection screen.
• The ability to remove the default apps that come with iOS, which is now impossible and would have been unthinkable until recently.
• If we want, we can delete apps from the App Store, Messages, Photos, Camera and Safari.
• Developers of browsers offered on the selection screen will now have more information about how it appears to users and will have access to more data on how successful their browser is on the selection screen.

iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 users will also have access to ka new Default Apps section in Settingsand future updates will include new default settings for important things like dialing phone numbers, sending messages, text translation, navigation, password and keyboard management, and spam filters.

All these changes will apply only iPhone users in Europe.