CEOs of Apple and Google meet with the EU Antitrust Chief: This Is What They Talked About
BRUSSELS: In postings on social networking site X on Friday, EU antitrust commissioner Margrethe Vestager claimed she met with CEOs of Qualcomm, Apple, and Alphabet to talk about compliance with regulations and competition policies.
Vestager’s communications advisor said last week that she will address US CEOs of Apple, Alphabet, Broadcom, and Nvidia on European digital legislation, particularly the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and competition policy.
Vestager released information on three meetings about X.
She claimed to have spoken with Tim Cook of Apple on a variety of topics, including the company’s duty to permit the distribution of its programs outside of its exclusive AppStore and current legal disputes like the one involving its music streaming service Apple Music.
She spoke with Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai on a variety of topics, including Google’s antitrust lawsuit, choice screen design, and self-preferencing in connection to the DMA.
Companies that have a market capitalization of 75 billion euros ($82 billion) or more and more than 45 million monthly active users are classified as gatekeepers under DMA. As such, they must, among other things, enable users to choose which apps to pre-install on their devices and make their messaging apps compatible with competitors.
What was discussed with Cristiano Amon, the CEO of Qualcomm, was not disclosed by Vestager.
More than only our shift to digitalization is powered by chips. They are vital to the economic security of the EU. Vital meeting with @cristianoamon @Qualcomm,” the user said.
