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The current law draft deems you a gatekeeper if you have: - annual EEA turnover equal to or above EUR 6.5 billion in the last three financial years - market v

The current law draft deems you a gatekeeper if you have: - annual EEA turnover equal to or above EUR 6.5 billion in the last three financial years - market value of at least EUR 65 billion in the last financial year and it provides a core platform service in at least three Member States So, I believe it will apply to many game consoles. More in detail: Article 2, Definitions ‘Core platform service’ means any of the following: (a) online intermediation services; (...) Article 3, Designation of gatekeepers Paragraph 1, a provider of core platform services shall be designated as gatekeeper if: (a) it has a significant impact on the internal market; (b) it operates a core platform service which serves as an important gateway for business users to reach end users; and (c) it enjoys an entrenched and durable position in its operations or it is foreseeable that it will enjoy such a position in the near future. Paragraph 2, a provider of core platform services shall be presumed to satisfy: (a) the requirement in paragraph 1 point (a) where the undertaking to which it belongs achieves an annual EEA turnover equal to or above EUR 6.5 billion in the last three financial years, or where the average market capitalisation or the equivalent fair market value of the undertaking to which it belongs amounted to at least EUR 65 billion in the last financial year, and it provides a core platform service in at least three Member States; (b) the requirement in paragraph 1 point (b) where it provides a core platform service that has more than 45 million monthly active end users established or located in the Union and more than 10 000 yearly active business users established in the Union in the last financial year; for the purpose of the first subparagraph, monthly active end users shall refer to the average number of monthly active end users throughout the largest part of the last financial year; (c) the requirement in paragraph 1 point (c) where the thresholds in point (b) were met in each of the last three financial years.

scarface74 5y ago
And watch European citizens complain that now their game consoles are more expensive because the console makers won’t sell them at a loss since they can’t be subsidized by fees. Or since there is already a shortage, the console makers prioritize the US. Then Apple will have a much higher fee to use their developer tools. Also in the case of Google, you can’t use Google Services outside of the Google Play store. The only company that has had the resources to duplicate many of those services is Amazon. In iOS users case, you won’t be able to use iCloud backup, the same notifications controls, access to global settings, probably no access to KeyChain or any other API that requires server side integration.

scarface74 5y ago

And watch European citizens complain that now their game consoles are more expensive because the console makers won’t sell them at a loss since they can’t be subsidized by fees. Or since there is already a shortage, the console makers prioritize the US. Then Apple will have a much higher fee to use their developer tools. Also in the case of Google, you can’t use Google Services outside of the Google Play store. The only company that has had the resources to duplicate many of those services is Amazon. In iOS users case, you won’t be able to use iCloud backup, the same notifications controls, access to global settings, probably no access to KeyChain or any other API that requires server side integration.