Apple and Meta have been fined a total of €700,000,000 for non-compliance with the EU Digital Markets Act. Which, in their billion-dollar world, is just chump change

The European Commission has found that both Apple and Meta have breached the Digital Markets Act, and have received fines totalling €700,000,000.

In Apple's case, the breach was related to a violation of anti-steering rules, and the associated fine was set at €500 million—whereas Meta was found in breach of an obligation to give consumers the choice of a service that uses less of their personal data, resulting in a €200 million fine.

Apple's steering terms violation is related to the company's App Store...