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> EU politicians and EU voters want the EU to crack down on foreign tech companies EU tech companies want the EU to crack down on foreign tech companies. The D
by naravara 2y ago
> EU politicians and EU voters want the EU to crack down on foreign tech companies
EU tech companies want the EU to crack down on foreign tech companies. The Digital Markets Act’s standards for considering someone a “gatekeeper” seems like it was specifically tailored to exclude Spotify while binding Apple, Google, and Facebook.
- arlcode 2y agoThere is plenty of competition in Spotify's market.Music is a commodity and the market is working Just fine. Btw Netflix also isn't a gatekeeper and neither are Disney, salesforce or Oracle to name a few.
- ImPostingOnHN 2y ago> The Digital Markets Act’s standards for considering someone a “gatekeeper” seems like it was specifically tailored to exclude Spotify while binding Apple, Google, and Facebook. A glance at that list of 4 companies will quickly lead a person to the intuitive observation that 1 of those companies is not like the other. It's hard to see how one would classify Spotify as a "Gatekeeper" in the sense that the others are, so perhaps your observation is by design: Why would we expect the legal definition of ”Gatekeeper" to include Spotify, if Spotify is not a gatekeeper even on a common-sense level?
- sensanaty 2y agoHow is Spotify a gatekeeper? There's iTunes, Deezer, YouTube Music, Tidal and many, many, many other music providers.