@EU_Commission

This - "decide which apps you need pre-installed or which app store to use" - is particularly useful to be stopped.

It is a waste of battery and memory having dozens of useless apps pre-installed and locked in smartphones.

Thank you, EU!

@EU_Commission Good news at last!

@EU_Commission can we also get a common digital market? One that allows me in Brussels to access the contents of Portuguese public tv online? Or vice-versa?

@EU_Commission There is one very obvious digital market that is missing, unless they're playing tricks with names.

@EU_Commission Here's the full text of DMA (Digital Marketing Act):
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32022R1925

@EU_Commission Excellent news, thank you!

@EU_Commission
What about privacy and security. I don't want my email hacked

Great work by the @EU_Commission 🇪🇺

@EU_Commission Hoping these reqs carry over outside the EU too! Sincerely, all British people

@EU_Commission @gruber so the law hasn't even taken effect yet - it'll be interesting to see what this leads to

@EU_Commission une démarche intéressante à voir ce qu’il en adviendra…

@EU_Commission I don't suppose there's any way Canada could get backdoored into the EU, is there? Asking for a friend's country. 🇨🇦​

@EU_Commission

Apple & decide which apps you need pre-installed or which app store to use;

I see fireworks in the near future.

@EU_Commission

Even that I do normally support
EU Commissions decisions I would then say this has gone way way to far. The Digital Markets Act should never have been implemented because its really stepping over the boundaries and in worst case hurts us in EU

Like this act is literally the reason for some companies literally goes around EU with some of their products ( And the funny part even one of the companies on the list )

@EU_Commission Praise to the EU 🙏

@EU_Commission Thanks so much! These kinds of consumer protection acts make the EU truly the greatest place to live in! 🇪🇺 I'm so glad I have the privilege of being part of it!

@EU_Commission great! What about google though, shouldnt they count as a gatekeeper?

@EU_Commission great first steps although I'm a bit sceptical.

Lock-in to ecosystems is often done implicitly by network effect. Even if you can export data, it won't make leaving any easier for an individual user.

Secondly, app stores are only half of the 'trap'. Google play services for example are 'handy' shortcuts for developers that make using an app without Google's ecosystem practically impossible, unofficial hacks aside.