Welcome to 995 Mac Daily for Wednesday, July 23, 2025.

I'm your host, Chance Miller.

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Leading off today last month, Apple announced a set of major changes to the App Store in the European Union

as part of its ongoing back and forth with regulators under the

Digital Markets Act. Now, according to a new report from Reuters, Apple's latest changes just

might be enough to satisfy the European Commission. The report citing people with direct

knowledge of the matter states that this latest set of App Store rules and fees will likely secure the green light from antitrust regulators.

An announcement from the European Commission is expected in the coming weeks.

This means that Apple will avoid any additional fines under the Digital Markets Act.

The company was fined 500 million euros for allegedly violating the DMA in April.

It also faced the threat of additional daily fines if it failed to comply, but it's now set to stave off those daily fines now that the EU has apparently found its latest App Store guidelines are sufficient under the DMA.

Under its most recent App Store changes, Apple lifted many of the guardrails around how developers can communicate with users about external payment options.

It also implemented revised business terms split across

the initial acquisition fee, store services fee, and core technology commission. Apple, however,

is still appealing that initial 500 million euro fine, saying that it believes the European

Commission's rulings go far beyond what the law

requires. So this means that while Apple's latest changes may satisfy regulators under the

DMA, the fight is far from over. As the appeals process continues, Apple will argue that the EU

is overreaching in its requirements.

Next up today, Apple has released iOS 26 Beta 4 to developers for beta testing.

The update comes two weeks after the release of iOS 26 Beta 3, which massively scaled back

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