EU Launches Probes into Apple, Meta, Google Under New Digital Competition Law

Re:EU Launches Probes into Apple, Meta, Google Under New Dig... by oaiey on Monday March 25, 2024 @07:37AM (#39815004)

These DMA like changes are now coming from everywhere. It is just that EU has teeth, not to ignore and usually moves first.

California has adopted GDPR, there are ongoing probes in the US just last week, etc.

Time is up for regulation-free business in IT. We had 50 years of freedom (compared to let us say: drugs, medical devices, cars, airplanes, ...). It is normal cycle for a market

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Re:EU Launches Probes into Apple, Meta, Google Under New Dig... by rsynnott on Monday March 25, 2024 @07:59AM (#39815193)

> Time is up for regulation-free business in IT. We had 50 years of freedom (compared to let us say: drugs, medical devices, cars, airplanes, ...)

This is an odd reading of the history, tbh. The US regulators were generally more active on competition in the industry in the 90s than today; see the Microsoft and Intel investigations, for instance.

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Re:EU Launches Probes into Apple, Meta, Google Under New Dig... by brtkdotse on Monday March 25, 2024 @07:56AM (#39815168)

> We had 50 years of freedom

More “Wild West gold rush” than “freedom”

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Re:EU Launches Probes into Apple, Meta, Google Under New Dig... by oaiey on Monday March 25, 2024 @08:16AM (#39815348)

I think for many people that is the same ;). But I agree with your differentiation.

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