New Rules for Apple from the EC - MOSK: 03.20.2025

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🗓️ 20 March 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

- EC Lays Out New Rules for Apple and Third-Party Interoperability - Apple Expresses Displeasure Over New Rules from EC - Apple Does Not Have to Open iPhone to Sideloading in Brazil - iPhone 16e’s C1 Modem Cleans Up in Ookla Speed Tests - Report: AirPods Production to Start in India Next Month - Denver Police Giving Out Free AirTags for Car Theft Deterrence and Tracking - Eight More States Line Up for Digital ID in Apple Wallet - Sponsored by Rogue Amoeba: Get 20% off your next great audio tool for your Mac, with code MACOSKEN at MacAudio.com/KEN - Consumer Reports eyes A.I. voice cloning and we catch up on those newspaper cyberattacks on Checklist No. 415 - online at checklist.libsyn.com - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @[email protected] - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: [email protected] or call (716)780-4080!

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0:00.0	This is MacOS Ken.
0:08.8	The EEC hits Apple with interoperability rules.
0:12.2	Brazil gives Apple a reprieve on side loading.
0:16.0	And Apple's first in-house modem chip looks like a winner.
0:19.7	It is Thursday the 20th of March 2025.
0:23.5	I'm Ken Ray, and this is news from MacOS Ken.
0:28.8	Brought to you by yours truly and sponsored by Rogue Amoeba,
0:33.4	makers of powerful audio tools for your Mac.
0:36.5	Get 20% off on any purchase with code macOS can at macadio.com slash can.
0:46.0	This show is also supported by people like you, patrons through Patreon.
0:52.8	Find out more and add your support at patreon.com slash macOS can.
1:02.4	Apple's facing a new round of regulation slash demand from the European Commission.
1:08.7	Pieces from Six Colors and Mac Rumors outlined the EC's call for changes, said to be aimed
1:14.6	to promoting interoperability between iPhone and third-party hardware and applications.
1:20.8	Under a specified article of the DMA, the Commission says the objective is that devices,
1:26.1	apps, and products from third parties
1:28.3	can be used on an iPhone as seamlessly as Apple's own products.
1:33.3	The specification decisions adopted support Apple in achieving this objective
1:37.3	by detailing how to securely allow third parties to use certain features
1:42.3	that are so far only available to Apple devices.
1:47.4	Couldn't find the part where the EC apparently told Apple how to do that securely.
1:52.5	Maybe I missed it. Maybe it was secret communication. Maybe they're just saying,
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