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- And when everyone is a gatekeeper … no one isby dmitrygr
- What are you even trying to say?by ezst
- Thats not how it worksby samrus
- Who’s on each side of the gate?by twoodfin
- On one side, consumers. On the other, vendors.by vrganj
- 10% of Microsoft's turnover is $28b, 10% of amazon is $71b
The goal here is to make sure these companies obey the law though, which big tech companies seem to think is optional.
by iso1631 - The problem is nobody believe those company would ever hand over 10% or even 1% of their turnover to the EU.
The EU should be careful with those kind of threats because in the world that is taking shape I can really imagine MS telling them one day that none of their Windows is gonna boot tomorrow if they don't calm down. The EU at large is totally dependent on those companies so who is really fearing who?
by sunshine-o - Really should be the turnover amount for operations originating from the EU, not worldwide.by dumbmrblah
- The comment from a 5-year old: But Google is doing that too!
> The spokesperson added: "We remain concerned that ignoring the growing power of Google Cloud and Gemini will tilt the market in a harmful way."by pvtmert - Seems like good news - market share of AWS and Azure in EU is huge, so I naturally support efforts to kurb power of such duopoly.
But what would be practical effects of DMA on AWS? Who is the customer, who is the vendor?
by aerzen