PhonAndroid iOS: Apple will no longer have the right to prevent you from uninstalling its applications

US justice wants to ban Apple from blocking the uninstallation of default applications on its devices. According to the deputies behind the project, this practice is contrary to anti-competitive legislation, since it allows the Cupertino company to promote its own services. Other manufacturers are also targeted.

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Even if Bill Gates particularly appreciates them, the pre-installed applications often make life difficult for users who have little use for them. Although there are roundabout ways to remove them from your device, it is not necessarily easy to get rid of them. And this state of affairs does not please the American authorities. Under the leadership of Democratic MP David Cicilline, a bill aims to ban this practice, deemed anti-competitive.

“You can't prevent people from using other identical services. You can't exclude other people so that you are left with only this one,” said David Cicilline. The MP wants users to be able to uninstall any application from their iPhone, to name only him, in order to use another similar application if they wish. However, the law will not prohibit Apple from installing its applications on the device by default.

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You'll soon be able to uninstall the apps you want on your iPhone or iPad

In addition to Apple, the deputies also have the other big names in tech in their sights. Google and Amazon will also have to comply with these new measures. "It will be just as easy to download the five other apps as Apple's, so they don't use their market dominance to promote their own products and services," says David Cicilline. Contrary to what Apple believes, imposing its ecosystem is indeed anti-competition according to the instigators of the project.

The latter is actually a set of several laws, aimed at limiting the constraints imposed by manufacturers on their users. David Cicilline cites in particular Amazon which, with its Prime subscription, disadvantages sellers who have not subscribed to the program and who, therefore, cannot deliver their products as quickly. MEPs also want to prevent manufacturers from setting default settings that lead users to prefer their services.

Source: Bloomberg

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