A couple of months ago, the localization device company Tile expressed his displeasure against Apple, due to the changes it has made in recent months, months that are damaging its business path and that are clearly focused on reducing the functionality of their devices in favor of AirTags.
The Financial Times states that the Tile company has sent a letter to the European Commissioner for Competition, Margrethe Vestager, in which she claims that Apple is abusing its power in iOS to make it difficult for its customers to use the company's location devices and favoring its own products.
Tile claims that with the release of iOS 13, Apple began hinder the operation of your beacons Compared to the Search application, an application that allows you to know at all times the current and previous position of any of the devices associated with an Apple ID and that have an internet connection. This company claims that features have been selectively disabled that allowed it to offer the same experience as until the launch of iOS 13.
This small Californian company wants the European Union to take a closer look at Apple's business practices, since in addition, Apple has terminated the sales agreement in the Apple Store of Tile devices, a decision that according to this company is due to the imminent launch of AirTags, Apple's location system that we have been talking about for several months and whose operation is practically the same as that currently offered by Tile with its devices.
From Apple, through a spokesperson, deny allegations of uncompetitive behavior which Tiles claims. According to what they say from Apple, the changes produced are due to the privacy improvements that Apple has been introducing in recent years to safeguard the location data of its users.