<story><title>Thierry Breton: Under DMA, there is no room for threats by gatekeepers</title><url>https://twitter.com/ThierryBreton/status/1765793776692326891</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>noirscape</author><text>The Epic case is a textbook example as to why the DMA is needed.&lt;p&gt;Especially since Apple has given one of the easiest examples of gatekeeper abuse just by doing this; I kinda expected them to not be this boneheaded but they&amp;#x27;re really just going &amp;quot;we personally don&amp;#x27;t trust you, so piss off&amp;quot; because of the US lawsuit. Like, that doesn&amp;#x27;t fly anymore in the EU. Legally speaking, Apple has reached the size where regulators are recognizing that their gatekeeping has the potential to ruin the EUs free market and here we see that in action.&lt;p&gt;And mind - I don&amp;#x27;t like Epic Games in the slightest. They still shouldn&amp;#x27;t be gatekept from iOS because Apple personally dislikes them over the lawsuits.</text></comment>
<story><title>Thierry Breton: Under DMA, there is no room for threats by gatekeepers</title><url>https://twitter.com/ThierryBreton/status/1765793776692326891</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>baq</author><text>IOW if you&amp;#x27;re a developer in EU you can now voice your stance (whatever it might be) about whether companies have only duties to their shareholders (not an easy sell in this case anyway) or perhaps they have some duties to the society they provide services to and benefit from.&lt;p&gt;I have no opinion whether Epic was a good customer or not. &amp;#x27;They were asking for it&amp;#x27; sometimes isn&amp;#x27;t enough... maybe?</text></comment>