iPhone owners could MISS top features as Apple issues stark warning over crackdown & says your privacy could be exposed

APPLE has warned gadget owners could miss out on new features in a stark warning over government crackdowns.

A top Apple exec told The Sun that EU regulation has paused the rollout of new iPhone, Mac and AirPods tricks to millions of Europeans – and “other governments could make the same mistakes”.

It comes at the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority is probing both Apple and Google over potential market dominance.

The CMA is deciding whether to give Apple "Strategic Market Status”, or SMS, which would force it to follow anti-competition rules or face very large fines. These rules are more focused compared to EU legislation that affects all tech firms in a sweeping way.

In a briefing to The Sun, Apple’s Greg ‘Joz’ Joswiak has complained that strict EU rules are already putting us