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Apple loses fight to keep rivals out as Europe forces App Store open
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Fusion42 · 10 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Europe's highest court permanently rejected Apple's appeal against DMA gatekeeper designation, requiring the company to open its App Store and operating systems to third-party rivals and forbidding preferential treatment of Apple's own products. This landmark ruling gives developers legal certainty to build competitive alternatives within Apple's ecosystem.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Enterprise Software and Developer Tools.
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Founders building mobile apps, alternative app stores, or competing iOS/Android ecosystems now have court-backed legal certainty to compete on Apple's platform—a structural shift in platform economics that reshapes distribution leverage and go-to-market strategy for any vertical serving European users.
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