By realmnova 
Apple recently made public criticism of the United Kingdom ‘ s proposed digital competition rules, warning that the introduction of regulatory measures similar to the EU Digital Markets Act (DMA) would result in the detriment of users and developers. According to BBC, apples indicate that European users have experienced delays in new functionality and upgrading under existing EU regulations.
Apple warned that the United Kingdom could face the same dilemma if the British Competition and Market Authority (CMA) enforced competition rules similar to those of the European Union. However, the CMA refutes this statement, emphasizing that it regulates differently from the EU and is designed to support innovation and growth.
This controversy is taking place at a time when United States President Trump has been strongly critical of international science and technology regulatory regimes. “Digital taxes, digital service legislation and digital market regulations are designed to undermine or discriminate against American technology — and even more absurdly, they simply ignore large Chinese technology companies. All of this must stop!” Trump vowed to impose high tariffs on the countries concerned and to restrict the export of technology, requiring States to respect United States science and technology enterprises or bear the consequences.
In response to Apple’s accusations, CMA states that British competition rules are fundamentally different from those of the EU: “These rules are designed to help British enterprises (including the dynamic and applied developer economy) to grow innovatively, while ensuring that British consumers do not miss innovations introduced by other countries. Promoting competition on mobile platforms will not compromise privacy, security or intellectual property rights, and we will ensure this when designing specific British measures.”
CMA further indicated that its interventions would benefit both users and British developers and noted that apples and Google had a near dual monopoly on mobile devices. The Agency plans to implement reforms (e.g., to allow application developers to direct users to alternative payment systems), with a final decision to be made in October.