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Apple says meta has made 15 interoperability requests under the EU's Digital Markets Act

more than any other company and that these could affect users' privacy and security,

quoting Reuters.

Apple on Wednesday hit out at Meta Platforms, saying its numerous requests to access

the iPhone maker's software tools for its devices

could impact users' privacy and security, underscoring the intense rivalry between the two tech

giants. Under the European Union's landmark Digital Markets Act that took effect last year,

Apple must allow rivals and app developers to interoperate with its own services or risk of fine of as much as 10% of its global annual turnover.

Meta has made 15 interoperability requests thus far, far more than any other company,

for potentially far-reaching access to Apple's technology stack, the latter said in a report.

In many cases, meta is seeking to alter functionality in a way

that raises concerns about the privacy and security of users, and that appears to be completely

unrelated to the actual use of meta's external devices, such as meta smart glasses and

metaQuest, Apple said. MetaQuest is Meta's virtual reality headset,

part of the company's ambition to own the computational platform

that powers virtual reality and mixed reality devices.

If Apple were to have to grant all of these requests,

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