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I am currently going through it and I was initially leaning against it, but I am slowly starting to lean closer. The bill among other things prohibits covered
by A4ET8a8uTh0 4y ago
I am currently going through it and I was initially leaning against it, but I am slowly starting to lean closer.
The bill among other things prohibits covered platforms to:
>> 7) materially restrict or impede a business user from accessing data generated on the covered platform by the activities of the business user, or through an interaction of a covered platform user with the products or services of the business user, such as by establishing contractual or technical restrictions that prevent the portability by the business user to other systems or applications of the data of the business user;
Unless I am reading it wrong, does it only apply to info you put on platform?
>> (4) materially restrict, impede, or unreasonably delay the capacity of a business user to access or interoperate with the same platform, operating system, or hardware or software features that are available to the products, services, or lines of business of the covered platform operator that compete or would compete with products or services offered by business users on the covered platform;
That seems like a win. What are the arguments against it?
>> (3) discriminate in the application or enforcement of the terms of service of the covered platform among similarly situated business users in a manner that would materially harm competition;
This feels important. I don't see any teeth though. Please correct me if I am wrong.
I am much less amused by:
>> 8) materially restrict or impede covered platform users from uninstalling software applications that have been preinstalled on the covered platform or changing default settings that direct or steer covered platform users to products or services offered by the covered platform operator, unless necessary—
where it 'security' is a simple way to bypass it ( because that is easy to claim ).