![f120-01](https://article-imgs.scribdassets.com/9ffwjj29xccpr55n/images/fileSB5434IH.jpg)
European Union regulators this week leveled their first charges under the bloc’s new digital competition rulebook, accusing Apple of preventing app makers from pointing users to cheaper options outside its App Store.
The European Commission said that according to the preliminary findings of its investigation, the restrictions that the iPhone maker imposes on developers using its mobile App Store had breached the 27-nation bloc’s Digital Markets Act.
The rulebook, also known as the DMA, is