The head of the Ministry of Civil Academy of Sciences, Maksut Shadaev, said that in the first quarter of 2023, a bill will be submitted to the State Duma to the State Duma to legally oblige Apple to allow Russian users to download applications not only from the App Store store. Details on Apple’s requirements were not reported in the department.
It is known that the authorities want to offer the Russian analogue of the European Law on Digital Markets. It is aimed at transparency of the work of IT companies with capitalization of at least 75 billion euros and the number of monthly users in Europe over 45 million
EU Law “On Digital Markets” entered into force in November. In particular, it suggests that corporations such as Apple and Google should simplify users of the default application settings, as well as allowing third -party applications. The new norm is aimed at creating equal conditions for third -party developers and improving the digital life of consumers ”and caused by complaints of the authorities and manufacturers of software about the dominant position of the App Store and Google Play on the market.