The European Commission has published an official list of services offered by ‘gatekeepers’ that must comply with obligations under the new Digital Markets Act. Companies now have six months to comply with the rules.
Major messaging apps will have an obligation to make themselves interoperable with competitors
Government mandated fediverse lmao.
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RCS is fine IMO, just that the clients are complete and utter… ☺️ actually, something different would be nice.
And now the goverment forces them to be open source
Broadly, the DMA is the EU’s attempt to rein in the market power of Big Tech by opening up entrenched platforms and curbing ecosystem lock-in and anti-competitive behavior, making them compete on the merits of their products and services alone. Major messaging apps will have an obligation to make themselves interoperable with competitors, for example, while operating systems will need to be designed to offer third-party app stores and allow developers to offer alternative in-app payment options.
Good. At least there’s one significant regulatory body on this planet that understands how a capitalistic system is meant to be regulated. You don’t need something to be an actual, 100% monopoly before you take the kid gloves off and force them to cooperate with other businesses.
Full list of core platform services:
- Social Networks: TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn
- N-IICS (aka messaging services): WhatsApp, Messenger
- Intermediation: Google Maps, Google Play, Google Shopping, Amazon Marketplace, Apple’s App Store, Meta Marketplace
- Video Sharing: YouTube
- Advertising services: Google, Amazon, Meta
- Web Browsers: Chrome, Safari
- Search: Google Search
- Operating Systems: Android, iOS, Windows
Google Shopping
is Google Shopping really used that much?
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Yes. I guess you are using Google Shopping every time you make a Google search of a product, even though you don’t notice it.
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lets go! I like the sound of this! Windows will have to stop force-feeding bing, edge, 365, and all their garbage!
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Bing dodged a bullet
Best time to be in Europe. I am applying for my Swiss visa.
Switzerland isn’t part of the European Union, only the Schengen zone. So company’s won’t have to decide by these laws in Switzerland
Wait, where’s iMessage? That’s like one of the most popular messaging apps lmao
Not in Europe
I guess, but not too far behind relative to smaller messaging services right, seeing as Apple has 26% of the smartphone market share in the EU? And shouldn’t their global reach be at least somewhat considered? Seems like regulation aimed to allow smaller businesses to gain market share is letting one of the biggest companies in the world slip through.
26% means that you cannot use it to talk to 74% of your friends. So European users usually use a service that runs equally well on iOS and Android.
Right, but my point was more that since a quarter of the EU uses iPhone they have iMessage by default, which could then quickly increase their userbase to a top competitor if they’re able to increase their EU smartphone market share.
People in EU use mostly WhatsApp and Messenger, cuz most people don’t have iPhones
Really? I thought apple is a trillion dollar company because of europeans but guess its americans giving apple all their money lol
they have 5 months to prove that it’s not a gatekeeping service, if they cannot do that then it will be added to the list. the list gets updated every 6 months.
We might only hope this regulatory body has more teeth than their Amerikan counterparts. Otherwise, these megacorps will just pay the fine-- which will no doubt be seen as little more than “the cost of ‘doing business’” for them.
"What will be the consequences of non-compliance?
Fines: of up to 10% of the company’s total worldwide annual turnover, or up to 20% in the event of repeated infringements"
it’s a tough pill to swallow.
Microsoft had an annual turnover of 212 billion USD in 2023, so a 10% fine of that would be 21,2 billion dollars. Yeah I think they’d rather comply
Really looking forward to seeing what the actual demands end up being.
if you mean demands of eu then they’re all clear:
I have no idea if this is going to trickle back and benefit America at all
Nothing trickles in the US except our river deltas
Hope for MacOS not make the list? It’s probably the most gate kept thing that exists
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Yes how, sorry I use Swype and I’m a moron. They are compounding issues
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