Italy is probing Apple over iCloud services like iPhone backups
Key takeaways
- Apple recently delayed Siri AI in Europe due to a dispute with EU regulators.
- aileenchik/Shutterstock Italy is investigating Apple over potential monopoly issues under the EU's Digital Markets Act, this time with its i Cloud service, Reuters reported.
- The AGCM authority said it had proof that third-party consumer cloud services, presumably like Google's Drive or Microsoft OneDrive, did not enjoy the same access as iCloud to certain Apple services or features.
Apple recently delayed Siri AI in Europe due to a dispute with EU regulators.
aileenchik/Shutterstock Italy is investigating Apple over potential monopoly issues under the EU's Digital Markets Act, this time with its i Cloud service, Reuters reported. The nation's digital authority, AGCM, accused the company of not granting third-party cloud storage operators the same access to its i OS and i Pad OS operating systems as its own i Cloud service, as is legally required. Once its probe is complete, Italy will send its findings to the EU Commission for enforcement, which could result in fines or other measures.
The AGCM authority said it had proof that third-party consumer cloud services, presumably like Google's Drive or Microsoft OneDrive, did not enjoy the same access as iCloud to certain Apple services or features. "For example, it appears that Apple does not allow alternative cloud storage services to use the iOS and iPadOS features enabling end users to perform a full backup of their devices' data, while those same features are available to Apple's iCloud," the regulator wrote.