Re:Apple found in breach of EU competition rules
by Vespasian on Monday June 24, 2024 @02:09PM
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There is plenty of competition in Spotify's market.Music is a commodity and the market is working Just fine.
Btw Netflix also isn't a gatekeeper and neither are Disney, salesforce or Oracle to name a few.
Re:Apple found in breach of EU competition rules
by ImPostingOnHN on Monday June 24, 2024 @02:16PM
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> The Digital Markets Act’s standards for considering someone a “gatekeeper” seems like it was specifically tailored to exclude Spotify while binding Apple, Google, and Facebook.
A glance at that list of 4 companies will quickly lead a person to the intuitive observation that 1 of those companies is not like the other. It's hard to see how one would classify Spotify as a "Gatekeeper" in the sense that the others are, so perhaps your observation is by design: Why would we expect the legal definition of ”Gatekeeper" to include Spotify, if Spotify is not a gatekeeper even on a common-sense level?
EU tech companies want the EU to crack down on foreign tech companies. The Digital Markets Act’s standards for considering someone a “gatekeeper” seems like it was specifically tailored to exclude Spotify while binding Apple, Google, and Facebook.