“Apple goes on the legal offensive against EU Digital Markets Act”, 21 October 2025

In September 2025, as part of the European Union's formal — but possibly token — review of its Digital Markets Act (DMA), Apple filed a comprehensive complaint about the law's enforcement. Now according to Bloomberg, that complaint is being presented in court, with the EU arguing against it.n of property rights and issues of privacy and security, which are vital to EU citizens," he said.

In response, the European Commission lawyer Paul-John Loewenthal said that Apple maintained "absolute control" over the iPhone... it is because of this control that Apple is able to earn extraordinary profits and handicap its competitors. Saying that "Apple has locked in more than a third of European smartphone users," Loewenthal claimed that the company decides who does and does not get to offer services to iPhone users.”

Apple’s argument... comes down to three basic issues: interoperability security, the App Store’s eligibility for the DMA, and the EU’s iMessage investigation... chief amongst these three is the issue over interoperability and how Apple says that DMA demands are putting privacy at risk.

Speaking to European press after Apple's written complaints about the DMA, Commission spokesperson Thomas Regnier… said, "Nothing in the DMA requires companies to lower their privacy standards, their security standards,"… "In all cases," says the DMA, "the gatekeeper and the requesting provider should ensure that interoperability does not undermine a high level of security and data protection.”...

This hearing is part of the EU’s first reappraisal of the DMA review... final report must be delivered by May 3, 2026.