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Wow, cool. So how do I get distribution on Mercedes (HQ: Germany) or Renault (HQ: France)'s infotainment systems to install any apps I want on cars? What? Thes

Wow, cool. So how do I get distribution on Mercedes (HQ: Germany) or Renault (HQ: France)'s infotainment systems to install any apps I want on cars? What? These European companies are exempt? Crazyyy

yoavm 3y ago
This is has nothing to do with the companies being European. DMA doesn't apply to infotainment systems.
- Spivak 3y ago
  Ahh yes, the "all lightbulbs regardless of their manufacture are required to have at least <this> energy efficiency" style regulation where <this> is set "neutrally" at the efficiency of LED bulbs. Read article 3 paragraphs 1 and 2 and tell me this wasn't written to target like five US tech companies in total.
  - yoavm 3y ago
    I have read it. I defines how much money the company needs to be making the EU and how many users they need to have. Sure, it's targeting big companies. The LED example you gave is actually a great one: I don't think the regulator cares if you're using LED or not. The intention is to reduce the usage of lightbulbs that aren't as energy efficient as modern technology allows them to be. If you can make a incandescent lightbulb that is as efficient, good for you. No one has targeted incandescent light. Same here. Yes, companies this size are almost only American (and Chinese). That doesn't mean that American companies were the target.
  - int_19h 3y ago
    US, with its severe underregulation of oligopolies, allows companies to grow that big. Why do you then complain that they are the ones targeted by laws in countries which are sane enough to understand the need to regulate such things? Apple is welcome to vacate the EU if it finds it all too onerous.
- drstewart 3y ago
  >DMA doesn't apply to infotainment systems. Gee, I wonder why. Maybe you should re-examine this statement: >This is has nothing to do with the companies being European.
  - dns_snek 3y ago
    If you're going to mindlessly accuse the EU commission of favoritism you should look through the mountain of cases that prove otherwise. https://competition-policy.ec.europa.eu/antitrust-and-cartels/cartels-cases-and-statistics_en https://competition-policy.ec.europa.eu/antitrust-and-cartel...
layer8 3y ago
Petition your representatives to designate those as gatekeepers of a core platform service. But first look up the definitions of those, and the criteria for gatekeeper designation, in the DMA.

Wow, cool. So how do I get distribution on Mercedes (HQ: Germany) or Renault (HQ: France)'s infotainment systems to install any apps I want on cars? What? These European companies are exempt? Crazyyy

yoavm 3y ago

This is has nothing to do with the companies being European. DMA doesn't apply to infotainment systems.

Spivak 3y ago
Ahh yes, the "all lightbulbs regardless of their manufacture are required to have at least <this> energy efficiency" style regulation where <this> is set "neutrally" at the efficiency of LED bulbs. Read article 3 paragraphs 1 and 2 and tell me this wasn't written to target like five US tech companies in total.
- yoavm 3y ago
  I have read it. I defines how much money the company needs to be making the EU and how many users they need to have. Sure, it's targeting big companies. The LED example you gave is actually a great one: I don't think the regulator cares if you're using LED or not. The intention is to reduce the usage of lightbulbs that aren't as energy efficient as modern technology allows them to be. If you can make a incandescent lightbulb that is as efficient, good for you. No one has targeted incandescent light. Same here. Yes, companies this size are almost only American (and Chinese). That doesn't mean that American companies were the target.
- int_19h 3y ago
  US, with its severe underregulation of oligopolies, allows companies to grow that big. Why do you then complain that they are the ones targeted by laws in countries which are sane enough to understand the need to regulate such things? Apple is welcome to vacate the EU if it finds it all too onerous.
drstewart 3y ago
>DMA doesn't apply to infotainment systems. Gee, I wonder why. Maybe you should re-examine this statement: >This is has nothing to do with the companies being European.
- dns_snek 3y ago
  If you're going to mindlessly accuse the EU commission of favoritism you should look through the mountain of cases that prove otherwise. https://competition-policy.ec.europa.eu/antitrust-and-cartels/cartels-cases-and-statistics_en https://competition-policy.ec.europa.eu/antitrust-and-cartel...

layer8 3y ago

Petition your representatives to designate those as gatekeepers of a core platform service. But first look up the definitions of those, and the criteria for gatekeeper designation, in the DMA.