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Specifically so that EU companies like Spotify wouldn't be included. (I am guessing there is a specific carve-out in the law that exempts Deutsche Telekom, whi
by runako 3y ago
Specifically so that EU companies like Spotify wouldn't be included.
(I am guessing there is a specific carve-out in the law that exempts Deutsche Telekom, which is bigger than $75b, and Vodafone, which is close.)
- rsynnott 3y agoDT is primarily a telecom, so already subject to a lot of regulation about carriage and so on. Not sure it would do anything if they were included; it’s not like they’re saying (or could say) “yeah, you can’t phone people who use O2 with this phone”. IMO the most surprising omission is Telegram (presumably due to the market cap thing). I would have thought they’d be quite keen to bring _that_ into the net.
- runako 3y agoLooks like Telegram is private (so harder for observers to accurately value) and likely still would be well under the size cap (support for the notion that the size cap is there to exclude EU companies).