Cook, in his first public comments about the Digital Markets
Act (DMA) proposed by EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager, said parts were
good but others were not. He said he feared the draft rules would lead to more
installing of apps that do not come via Apple's App Store, or
"side-loading".
"You take an example here where I don't think it's in
the best interest (of the user): the current DMA language that is being
discussed would force side-loading on the iPhone," the Apple CEO, speaking
remotely, said at VivaTech, France´s biggest tech conference.
"And so this would be an ultimate way of getting apps
onto the iPhone," he said. "It would destroy the security of the
iPhone, and a lot of the privacy initiatives that we've built into the App
Store or the privacy intrusion labels and app-tracking transparency," he
added.
Earlier this month, EU lawmaker Andreas Schwab, who is
leading the European Parliament scrutiny of the draft rules,said he wanted to
beef up the legislation and narrow its scope to just big companies like Google,
Amazon,Apple and Facebook.
Apple would take part in the debate and try to find a way
forward, Cook said. – Reuters