Both companies have been in the European Commission's crosshairs since March last year over concerns that they may not be complying with the Digital Markets Act.

Chrome colossus accused of tilting search results, blocking cheaper purchases, while iTitan told to open iOS A year after kicking off its probe into three American tech giants, the European Union has fired off two sets of preliminary findings accusing Google parent Alphabet of failing to comply with Europe's monopoly-busting Digital Markets Act (DMA).

The DMA, or Digital Markets Act, is an antitrust law that passed in 2022. It’s designed to regulate large tech firms that receive “gatekeeper” status from the European Commission. Apple and Google received that designation about a year after the DMA went into effect.