At this point, I feel like Apple is just playing chicken with the EU. If this isn't "gatekeeping" (ie, the thing the DMA is supposed to prevent), then I'm not sure what would be.
this post was submitted on 07 Mar 2024
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Imagine this law was something about taxes. It would’ve been over before it started.
IIRC Epic has been caught several times in the past few years breaking store rules, like sidestepping the platform payment system and misrepresenting data collection attestation. I don’t think it’s anti-competitive to decline to sign a vendor’s apps. I mean, I like Epic’s developer platform, but it sounds like their lawyers are high if they think EU courts will force another company to do business with them, especially if management has been intentionally abusing the system.
Digital Markets Act is literally about forcing tech giants to do businesses with their competitors.
Edit: changed my mind on this
It's not like it's the first time we do antitrust legislation this way. It worked before and there's nothing different about this case.
Well the EU is being more proactive about it than over here in the US. Our regulatory bodies have been hobbled continually for decades, and now I guess we just let these giant corporations do whatever they want.