TechPhonesiPhonesUK iPhone owners could soon gain new app stores and game services like the EUThere could be great news for British gamers with iPhones on the horizonWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechPhonesiPhonesUK iPhone owners could soon gain new app stores and game services like the EUThere could be great news for British gamers with iPhones on the horizonWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
There could be great news for British gamers with iPhones on the horizon
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Quick SummaryThe UK has passed a Bill with similar intent to the EU’s Digital Markets Act.This may well mean that UK iPhone users will be allowed to side-load third-party apps and app stores eventually.
The UK has passed a Bill with similar intent to the EU’s Digital Markets Act.This may well mean that UK iPhone users will be allowed to side-load third-party apps and app stores eventually.
The UK has passed a Bill with similar intent to the EU’s Digital Markets Act.This may well mean that UK iPhone users will be allowed to side-load third-party apps and app stores eventually.
The UK has passed a Bill with similar intent to the EU’s Digital Markets Act.
This may well mean that UK iPhone users will be allowed to side-load third-party apps and app stores eventually.
Yesterday, the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCC) Bill passed in in Parliament after only a short debate and, in many places, it’s similar to the EU’sDigital Markets Act (DMA).
That Act famously triggered a change of tack from Apple over the last six months, as it’s been forced to let EU users access third-party app stores on iPhones and other Apple devices, and to allow some services it had banned back onto the platform.
This means, as we know, thatEpic Games will be bringing its storeto theiPhoneas an alternative to the official App Store, although Apple will still benefit thanks to some advantageous fees. It might also mean thatXbox soon follows suitas part of its “every screen is an Xbox” approach.
If you’re wondering quite why this UK Bill has come through so quickly, it’s all part of the fallout from the UK’s newly-called general election.
While the reality of the DMCC Bill will be quite complicated to pick through, the main headline is that it should make the UK’s restrictions and requirements broadly similar to the EU’s, meaning that those benefits coming to EU citizens will most likely be mirrored in the UK.
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There’s a question mark hanging over Apple’s policy in this regard – so far, it’s been happy to compartmentalise and offer the changes in the EU only, leaving US and UK users to watch on in envy at some of the changes.
As the UK joins the fray though, it’ll be interesting to see if there’s a global tipping point at which Apple decides to just have the same policy worldwide, rather than grinding out these processes geographically.
With this Bill only passed this week, though, it’ll doubtless take some time to dwell on the new legislation before announcing how it intends to approach things.
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