European Commission orders Apple to finally open the gates of its walled garden and level the playing field for third-party developers

The European Commission is stepping up its efforts to balance the scales in big tech with two new interoperability requirements that may force Apple to finally open the gates of its walled garden.

On March 18, the European Commission announced two new decisions regarding its Digital Markets Act (DMA), which is designed to make the tech industry more fair and accessible by challenging big "gatekeeper" companies like Google and Apple.

The latest update focuses on Apple's interoperability obligation...