“In case of an infringement, the Commission can impose fines up to 10% of the company’s total worldwide turnover.”
The DMA compliance deadline was 7 March. Eighteen days later Brussels opened formal cases on Google Play steering, Google Search self-preferencing, Apple’s App Store steering and Safari choice screen, and Meta’s “pay or consent” model. Apple’s new fee structure for alternative app stores gets a separate look. Meta, meanwhile, walked away with a six-month extension on Messenger interoperability. The gatekeepers wrote compliance plans designed to change nothing, and the Commission gave itself 12 months to say so.