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EU fines Apple €500M(for breaching anti-steering obligation) and Meta €200M(for breaching the DMA obligation to give consumers the choice of a service that uses less of their personal data). (ec.europa.eu)
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Today, the European Commission found that Apple breached its anti-steering obligation under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), and that Meta breached the DMA obligation to give consumers the choice of a service that uses less of their personal data. Therefore, the Commission has fined Apple and Meta with €500 million and €200 million respectively.

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[–] SMillerNL@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

If they’re big enough to qualify they might be fined next.

[–] themurphy@lemmy.ml 3 points 12 hours ago

Exactly, and you dont need to be consistent in this case. You set examples for the biggest offenders, and then others would think twice.

Also, you need to qualify as a gate keeper to be in the lime light. EU is going for the biggest, not everyone at once.

And for the Amazon example: they are only big in some EU countries, and its not close to US popularity. They might not be a gate keeper here.