Chipping at the walled garden

Apple not giving up restrictive policies in the EU without a fight

Last week, Apple announced that it will allow customers living in the EU to download apps without using its own App Store. It’s one of the concessions that the US tech giant has grudgingly made to be compliant with the EU’s Digital Markets Act. So-called gatekeepers — large, powerful tech firms, including Amazon, Apple, and Alphabet, that are deemed to…