<story><title>Commission opens non-compliance investigations against Alphabet, Apple and Meta</title><url>https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_1689</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>msdrigg</author><text>I don&amp;#x27;t see a lot of discussion of the Meta &amp;quot;pay or consent&amp;quot; investigation. Why wouldn&amp;#x27;t giving users the option to pay for tracking-free, ad-free service meet the requirement? Is the concern that the $10&amp;#x2F;month price too high? Would this kind of model be acceptable at a more reasonable price point?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>gpm</author><text>My understanding, and the understanding of the EU commissioner [0], is that &lt;i&gt;any&lt;/i&gt; amount is too high.&lt;p&gt;Consent must be &lt;i&gt;freely&lt;/i&gt; given under EU law, not given in exchange for not having to pay money. You can&amp;#x27;t give a discount on the services for consenting.&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;arstechnica.com&amp;#x2F;tech-policy&amp;#x2F;2024&amp;#x2F;03&amp;#x2F;apple-google-and-meta-are-failing-dma-compliance-eu-suspects&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;arstechnica.com&amp;#x2F;tech-policy&amp;#x2F;2024&amp;#x2F;03&amp;#x2F;apple-google-and...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Commission opens non-compliance investigations against Alphabet, Apple and Meta</title><url>https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_1689</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>msdrigg</author><text>I don&amp;#x27;t see a lot of discussion of the Meta &amp;quot;pay or consent&amp;quot; investigation. Why wouldn&amp;#x27;t giving users the option to pay for tracking-free, ad-free service meet the requirement? Is the concern that the $10&amp;#x2F;month price too high? Would this kind of model be acceptable at a more reasonable price point?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>bluesign</author><text>I think tracking-free and ad-free are different concerns here. Basically you can offer ad-free for $X&amp;#x2F;month, but tracking consent should be separate ( basically anyone would be able to deny tracking )&lt;p&gt;Same issue on the Apple side will play out probably similar; either they can charge every developer some technology fee, or they cannot charge to anyone.</text></comment>