Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta, Microsoft

These are the first 6 companies designated as ‘gatekeepers' under the Digital Markets Act.

They have 6 months to ensure their core platform services comply with our rules, including:

✔ Allowing users to unsubscribe and remove pre-installed services
✔ Allowing the download of alternative app stores

❌ Banning tracking outside of their services without consent
❌ Stopping ranking their products more favourably

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/@dragestil@hostux.social

@EU_Commission Dear Australian government, please take note

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Dan Lerch (He/Him)

@EU_Commission Does consent mean a checkbox with 8pt lawyer font spread over 8 paragraphs?

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Autolycus :freebsd:

@EU_Commission The only thing I can get onboard with here is the anti-tracking provision.

There are some major problems with the American tech companies, but attempting to micromanage them through legislation isn't the solution. Micromanagement is just begging for unintended consequences.

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Darnell Clayton :verified:

@EU_Commission How will you force Apple to comply‽

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krigan

@EU_Commission
Meta:

Marks
Elastic
Tyrant
Asshole

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Aaron In Iowa

@EU_Commission I, uh, think this is a pretty big deal!

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pacanukeha❎

@EU_Commission I'd be interested to know about

  1. The timeline for interoperability.
  2. What consideration, if any, the commission is giving to the loss of security that comes with secondary market places.
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eickot ||*||

@EU_Commission this also applies with cars with google services?

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laxsill

@EU_Commission thank you this is important work

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Lori

@EU_Commission Fabulous.

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Frank

@EU_Commission @Krosen_nw
The US government should do this. But they won’t since bribery is legal in my country and politicians care more about corporations than people.

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Ton

@EU_Commission Thank you for the great work! This is legislation that works and I do hope that your sales pitch is going to land with the larger audience.

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Scott Boggs

@EU_Commission holy shit, wow

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Kevin Karhan

@EU_Commission since the penalty for said #offenses is only a #fine they'll rather pay you than comply.

Espechally since said fines are laughably low!

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