Amaya Toman Apple is once again facing potential problems with the European Union. This time it's due to the limitation of web apps that occurred in iOS 17.4. In addition to this topic, today's summary will also discuss, for example, why Apple did not buy the Bing search engine from Microsoft, or the definitive end of the Apple Car.
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Why didn't Apple buy Bing?
Friday's declassification of documents from Google's antitrust lawsuit against the US Department of Justice brought an interesting revelation about the Bing search engine. A lawsuit seeking to determine whether Alphabet has a monopoly on web search advertising and the legality of deals like the one Google made with Apple to be the default search engine in Safari has turned up an interesting tidbit about Bing. Among other things, the court file revealed that in 2018, Microsoft offered Apple its search engine for purchase. Among other things, Eddy Cue, Apple's senior vice president for services, is quoted in the file as saying that one of the reasons why Apple chose Google was the low quality of Bing's search results.
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Apple and problems in the EU due to restrictions on web applications
Not too long ago, some users in Europe noticed some signs of web apps being blocked in iOS 17.4 in Europe, which the company later confirmed and explained. While Apple says it made the move to comply with antitrust regulations, it could instead lead to the company facing a new antitrust investigation. Apple limited the functionality of web apps in iOS 17.4 so that they can't now be run full-screen in their own top-level window, which puts them at a huge disadvantage and limits their potential as an alternative to standard apps. EU competition regulators have confirmed they are looking into the matter.
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Flying around the world with Apple The end of the Apple Car
The past week brought one more very interesting news. According to her, Apple is definitively putting its Apple Car project on hold. Bloomberg reports that Apple has officially canceled its efforts to produce an electric car. The move was announced internally by Apple COO Jeff Williams and Kevin Lynch, who has led the Apple Car project since 2021. According to the report, more than 2 people work on the Apple Car team — or Project Titan. As part of this decision to end the project, some employees will transfer to Apple's artificial intelligence team, which is led by John Giannandrea. Apple made the announcement internally on Tuesday, surprising nearly 000 employees working on the project, said the people, who asked not to be named because the announcement was not public. Chief operating officer Jeff Williams and vice president Kevin Lynch made the decision, according to these people.
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