The explanation I see as relevant: the relevant portions of the DSA are about online platforms, which it defines as: > ‘online platform’ means a provider of ho

The explanation I see as relevant: the relevant portions of the DSA are about online platforms, which it defines as: > ‘online platform’ means a provider of hosting service which, at the request of a recipient of the service, stores and disseminates to the public information." For some content, particularly music, video, and some ebooks, Apple is the merchant of record. They are not acting as a platform for that content but as a traditional retailer. Compare this with the App Store, where Apple instead acts as a platform, intermediating the dissemination of information between non-Apple content providers and the public. A service like Amazon would have this distinction as well. Some interactions are direct retail transactions between an Amazon entity and the public. At the same time, its Amazon Marketplace service provides a platform for non-Amazon sellers to disseminate information to the public.