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I think the EU DMA exactly did that - requires interop between messengers to allow third parties to send chat messages. Not sure if Instagram messenger is inclu

• Rinzler89 2y ago
  Also, thanks to EU regs, Meta and Google were forced to allow you to finally disconnect the accounts Facebook-Oculus, Google-Youtube, the way it was in the past. Having single point of failure accounts, like seeing your email account banned because your YouTube videos got Copyright struck was insane. It's clear we can't just leave everything to the free market, when a lot of the internet and digital services end up controlled by a couple of giant players who seem to align on anticonsumer behavior instead of competing for better consumer benefits as we were taught the free market works. Oligopolies need to be reigned in.
  • robertlagrant 2y ago
    > It's clear we can't just leave everything to the free market We definitely aren't doing that. But these services are enormously hard to get right, work really well, and are entirely opt-in. You're critiquing luxury services, which isn't a strong need for regulation.
    • kelnos 2y ago
      How are Google and YouTube "luxury services"? Billions of people of all walks of life have access to them.