The EU lists the 22 services falling under the Digital Markets Act, including TikTok and Facebook, and will assess if Microsoft's services and iMessage qualify
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Discussion
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@carnage4life
Dare Obasanjo
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The EU has listed the initial set of companies and products that qualify as gatekeepers under the digital markets act (DMA). The DMA triggers automatic antitrust style remedies on companies that have 45 million EU users and €7.5 billion in revenue or €75 billion in market cap. …
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@carnage4life
Dare Obasanjo
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Instead of fighting antitrust lawsuits one by one, the EU's philosophy is now that a particular level of business success is automatically a gatekeeper/monopoly and should trigger antitrust style enforcement. More details below in this article by @verge
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@benedictevans
Benedict Evans
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Apple says iMessage doesn't meet the 45m EU MAU threshold to be covered by the DSA, which is interesting, but not actually surprising given WhatsApp completely owns that market. https://www.ft.com/...
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@maxvonthun
Max von Thun
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The most surprising thing about this list is the decision to exempt Gmail and Outlook from designation, despite both meeting the DMA's thresholds. Their sheer ubiquity surely gives Google/Microsoft plenty of opportunities to self-preference their own services and ecosystems... [i…
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@klonkitchen
Klon Kitchen
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Well, I guess that explains why it feels like the @EU_Commission is at war with US Tech. The Administration and industry should be prepared to play hardball ... because Brussels is.
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@tomwarren
Tom Warren
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Microsoft's Windows OS is on the EU's list for strict new DMA rules. It means we're going to see changes to Windows in the coming months in EU markets. Microsoft is trying to keep Bing, Edge, and its ad business off the list https://www.theverge.com/...
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@timsweeneyepic
Tim Sweeney
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I believe the DMA endgame will be Apple and Google acquiescing to open stores and payments, but working desperately to kneecap real competition and keep the Apple Tax and Google Tax in place - to prevent price competition from undermining their unearned monopoly profit streams.
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@auerdirk
Dirk Auer
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We now know which core platform services will have to comply with the DMA's dos and don'ts. Nothing groundbreaking here. We already knew which firms were candidates, and the designated services are largely those you would expect. Here are some implications from today's news 🧵
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@pat_hedger
Patrick Hedger
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The Europeans really called it D-Day. Targeting American firms for a shakedown and making a joke about the American-led liberation of Europe. These might not be good people.
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@kernel_9
@kernel_9
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Breaking: The European Commission has today designated, for the first time, six gatekeepers - including Apple - under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Among the requirements: Allowing users to download alternative app stores Huge win for @TimSweeneyEpic & @EpicGames #DMA #apple [im…
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@adamkovac
Adam Kovacevich
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Not a single European company designated a gatekeeper under EU's Digital Markets Act. This is exactly the protectionist regulation that the Biden Administration warned that it was.
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@carmenlembo1
Carmen Lembo
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Congrats to the #DMAteam, today you have achieved a great result! Looking forward for the next steps (rebuttals, qualitative assessments art 3(8) etc) Dear GKs, now it's your turn! 💪🏻
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@martijnrasser
Martijn Rasser
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Sad commentary on the state of Europe's tech ecosystem. No company even comes close to meeting the threshold of gatekeeper status. And with regulations like this, no incentive for any EU company to aspire to be a real competitor to these six. Self-defeating move by Brussels.
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@stevepeers
Steve Peers
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EU tech law Commission decision on gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act https://ec.europa.eu/... [image]
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@phili_thomp
Philip Thompson
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Any takers on which European company will be the first to make the list?
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@pat_hedger
Patrick Hedger
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So many “monopolies” we have to name them in sets of six.
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@lewis_crofts
Lewis Crofts
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Big day for Big Tech. These are the guys subject to new rules to shackle their powerful platforms. There will be lawsuits on 2 months...and plenty of changes to the platforms in 6 months.
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@chrisfralic
Chris Fralic
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“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”
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@mbarczentewicz
@mbarczentewicz
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So we have the DMA gatekeeper / core platform services designations. Plus info about 4 market investigations (Bing, Edge, Microsoft Advertising, iMessage). [image]
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@eu_commission
@eu_commission
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Operating system: → Google Android → iOS → Windows PC OS Search: → Google Search Social Network: → Facebook → Instagram → LinkedIn → TikTok Video sharing: → YouTube Gatekeepers have now 6 months to ensure full compliance with the #DMA's dos and don'ts. ↓ #DMA [image]
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@eu_commission
@eu_commission
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Ads: → Amazon → Google → Meta Browser: → Chrome → Safari Intermediation: → Amazon Marketplace → App Store → Google Maps → Google Play → Google Shopping → Meta Marketplace Number-Independent Interpersonal Communications Services: → WhatsApp → Messenger ↓ #DMA [image]
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@andreas_schwab
Andreas Schwab
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#DMA enforcement takes first step! More competition in digital markets 💪🏻🇪🇺 Still, the @EU_Competition has to investigate further #CPS for more #interoperability and make sure that all services fall in the right #CPS designation: #tiktok as a #marketplace as ex @EuroParlPress [im…
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@1br0wn
@1br0wn
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Unfortunate only one non-US firm designated >> “although Gmail, Outlook and Samsung Internet Browser meet the thresholds...Alphabet, Microsoft and Samsung provided sufficiently justified arguments showing that these services do not qualify as gateways” 🤨 https://ec.europa.eu/...
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@eu_competition
@eu_competition
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🚨 Today we designate for the first time six #gatekeepers under the #DMA 👇 Alphabet Amazon Apple ByteDance Meta Microsoft The gatekeepers have 6⃣ months to fully comply with all DMA obligations ✔️ For all information⬇️ https://europa.eu/!NbfBbn #DigitalMarketsAct [image]
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@imore
@imore
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BREAKING: Apple says “We remain very concerned about the privacy and data security risks the DMA poses for our users. Our focus will be on how we mitigate these impacts and continue to deliver the very best products and services to our European customers.” https://www.imore.com/.…
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@thierrybreton
Thierry Breton
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It's D-Day for #DMA! The most impactful online companies will now have to play by our EU rules. #Gatekeepers are: Alphabet Amazon Apple ByteDance Meta Microsoft DMA means more choice for consumers. Fewer obstacles for smaller competitors. Opening the gates to the Internet🇪🇺 [vide…
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@verajourova
@verajourova
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Important day for #DMA. Digital markets like any other 🇪🇺 market must be fair and open. With today's designation of 6 gatekeepers, we protect consumers better and create new opportunities for smaller innovative tech companies. 👉 https://ec.europa.eu/... #DigitalMarketsAct
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@samuelstolton
Samuel Stolton
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EU's new antitrust front against Big Tech kicks off with fresh investigations into Microsoft's Bing, Edge, Advertising & Apple's iMessage & iPad iOS to determine whether they should be hit by the Digital Markets Act #DMA. More @TheTerminal...