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thats only kinda right. The DMA does include booking.com as a gatekeeper, which is european. But most gatekeepers (except booking and tiktok) are US-based
by jakob_endler 1y ago
thats only kinda right. The DMA does include booking.com as a gatekeeper, which is european. But most gatekeepers (except booking and tiktok) are US-based
- Aloisius 1y agoBooking Holdings is American. They bought booking.com in 2005.
- bojan 1y agoBooking.com was European, is not any more. It is now a subsidiary of Booking Holding (formerly Priceline), based in Connecticut.
- chgs 1y agoThat’s of course the reason these types of companies are American - Americans are rich and can buy out foreign companies which are successful.
- nickff 1y agoThere are plenty of EU companies that buy into new markets or opportunities, they just fall outside of these laws; Siemens is a good example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siemens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siemens