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Well... Though I agree with you in principle, the DMA does target specific gatekeeper companies and the criteria for these were set conveniently to ensure no EU
by walkingthisquai 1y ago
Well... Though I agree with you in principle, the DMA does target specific gatekeeper companies and the criteria for these were set conveniently to ensure no EU company is regulated by it. So I can see their point a little
- jakob_endler 1y agothats only kinda right. The DMA does include booking.com as a gatekeeper, which is european. But most gatekeepers (except booking and tiktok) are US-based
- Aloisius 1y agoBooking Holdings is American. They bought booking.com in 2005.
- bojan 1y agoBooking.com was European, is not any more. It is now a subsidiary of Booking Holding (formerly Priceline), based in Connecticut.
- chgs 1y agoThat’s of course the reason these types of companies are American - Americans are rich and can buy out foreign companies which are successful.
- nickff 1y agoThere are plenty of EU companies that buy into new markets or opportunities, they just fall outside of these laws; Siemens is a good example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siemens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siemens
- radlad 1y agoIsn't the question whether they were set because they were US companies, or because they are dominant gatekeepers on the Internet? 5/7 designated gatekeepers are US companies: https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/gatekeepers_en https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/gatekeepers_en
- dwaite 1y agoI thought Booking Holdings Inc was also American. There are zero European companies, including Spotify - the #1 music streaming marketplace in the world.
- Zopieux 1y agoWhat exactly does Spotify gatekeep though?
- Aloisius 1y agoThey're a gatekeeper in the same way YouTube or TikTok is. They control access of businesses, in this case music labels, to the final customer.
- radlad 1y agoThat's not really true. You can easily switch to Deezer, Apple Music, Tidal, Qobuz, YouTube Music, etc. You'll have access to just about the exact same library of music. You can't just ignore YouTube, TikTok, Facebook Marketplace and still have access to the content they gatekeep.
- Aloisius 1y agoThe DMA doesn't care how easy for final customers to switch. If it did, Chrome wouldn't be designated a gatekeeper given how easy it is to switch to Firefox or brave or a dozen other browsers. The DMA is about disintermediation of businesses from customers on large platforms with business and non-business users and durable user bases.
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- radlad 1y agoThe problem with Chrome and the DMA has to do with the fact that Alphabet does these "don'ts": - treat services and products offered by the gatekeeper itself more favourably in ranking than similar services or products offered by third parties on the gatekeeper's platform - prevent users from un-installing any pre-installed software or app if they wish so (Chrome on Android can be disabled but not uninstalled) - track end users outside of the gatekeepers' core platform service for the purpose of targeted advertising, without effective consent having been granted. https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/about-dma_en#what-does-this-mean-for-gatekeepers https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/about-dma_en#what-d...
- makeitdouble 1y agoI'd argue this style of concentrating power under a single giant company is mostly American style. EU companies tend to keep group entities separate instead of running for absolute synergies. For instance the AOL-Time-Warner-Direct-Dish kind of merger is pretty much unheard of.
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