The European Commission has published an official list of services offered by ‘gatekeepers’ that must comply with obligations under the new Digital Markets Act. Companies now have six months to comply with the rules.

  • Steeve@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Wait, where’s iMessage? That’s like one of the most popular messaging apps lmao

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        1 year ago

        I guess, but not too far behind relative to smaller messaging services right, seeing as Apple has 26% of the smartphone market share in the EU? And shouldn’t their global reach be at least somewhat considered? Seems like regulation aimed to allow smaller businesses to gain market share is letting one of the biggest companies in the world slip through.

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          1 year ago

          26% means that you cannot use it to talk to 74% of your friends. So European users usually use a service that runs equally well on iOS and Android.

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            1 year ago

            Right, but my point was more that since a quarter of the EU uses iPhone they have iMessage by default, which could then quickly increase their userbase to a top competitor if they’re able to increase their EU smartphone market share.

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        1 year ago

        Really? I thought apple is a trillion dollar company because of europeans but guess its americans giving apple all their money lol

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      they have 5 months to prove that it’s not a gatekeeping service, if they cannot do that then it will be added to the list. the list gets updated every 6 months.