Apple files appeal over EU order on iOS interoperability, WSJ reports

Apple (AAPL) is challenging the EU’s order on iOS interoperability under the Digital Markets Act, The Wall Street Journal’s Edith Hancock reports. The EU wants Apple to make iOS more compatible with rivals’ apps, headphones and VR headsets, but Apple argues the EU’s demands are costly, stifle innovation, and pose security risks to user data. “At Apple, we design our technology to work seamlessly together, so it can deliver the unique experience our users love and expect from our products. The EU’s interoperability requirements threaten that foundation, while creating a process that is unreasonable, costly, and stifles innovation,” a spokesperson for the company said on Monday, calling the rules “deeply flawed” and adding that the EU executive’s order obliges Apple to share sensitive information with rivals and poses security risks to European customers. “Companies have already requested our users’ most sensitive data-from the content of their notifications, to a full history of every stored WiFi network on their device-giving them the ability to access personal information that even Apple doesn’t see,” they said. “We are appealing these decisions on their behalf, and in order to preserve the high-quality experience our European customers expect,” they said.