iMessage and Bing escape tougher EU rules. At the beginning of September, the European Commission designated 22 platforms subject to the Digital Markets Regulation (DMA) from March 6.

These companies will have to respect a series of prohibitions and obligations intended to prevent abuse of a dominant position, under penalty of fines which could reach 20% of their global turnover in the most serious cases. An investigation, also opened in September, is still underway to possibly include Apple's iPadOS operating system within the scope of the new regulation.