Main Points:

• The DMA requires gatekeepers to interoperate with competitors.
• Apple's presentation at the workshop was mostly marketing.
• Apple has a history of being obstructive to regulation.
• Questions were asked about interoperability, the App Store, and browsers.
• Apple's responses were often evasive or unhelpful.
• Apple's hypocrisy in insisting on all questions having a person and organization.

Key Information:

• 7 companies with 25 different products are designated as gatekeepers.
• Apple's lawyers wasted half of the time during the Q&A.
• There are a lot of scam apps on the App Store.
• Apple requires anyone who wants to ship their own browser engine to release it as a new app.
• Apple has age restrictions on browsers that don't make sense.
• There were a lot of pro-Apple groups at the workshop.
• Apple's focus is on ensuring compliance in each jurisdiction.
• John asked about PWAs and installing web apps on iOS.
• The Google workshop was also attended.

Important Details:

• Apple said they couldn't comply with the Commission's current interpretation of the DMA.
• Apple delayed the UK CMA's investigation by a year on a technicality.
• A recent US court injunction said Apple chose an anti-competitive option.
• Apple's internal documents show that App Review is ineffective.
• CODE is a coalition that includes Google, Opera, Qualcomm, and Meta.
• Apple knows that for regulation to be successful, it needs to be easy to replicate.
• John asked about choice screen testing and data portability at the Google workshop.
• The author called the article "Apple Vs The Law" to refer to the rule of law.
• Apple and Google have huge revenues and employee numbers compared to the EU.
• The Apple App store and Google Search deal bring in significant amounts of money.
• Apple's profit margins are high.