The European Union’s new Digital Markets Act (DMA) is a complex, many-legged beast, but at root, it is a regulation that aims to make it easier for the public to control the technology they use and rely on. One DMA rule forces the powerful “gatekeeper” tech companies to allow third-party app stores...
  • lightnegative@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    There’s a rule banning “self-preferencing.” That’s when platforms push their often inferior, in-house products and hide superior products made by their rivals

    Wow, I can see Microsoft fighting this one tooth and nail. It’s basically their whole business model