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EU commission designates Booking.com as a digital gatekeeper under DMA

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Is this Europe's first home grown digital gatekeeper?

No, Europe would never regulate their own companies this much. BMW gets away with violating privacy laws regularly, and something tells me Spotify will never be asked to stop being so hostile to consumers.

Re: EU commission designates Booking.com as a digital gatekeeper under DMA

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Is this Europe's first home grown digital gatekeeper?

No, Europe would never regulate their own companies this much. BMW gets away with violating privacy laws regularly, and something tells me Spotify will never be asked to stop being so hostile to consumers.

could you tell us more about BMW?

Spotify is not a monopoly. this website from Deezer helps you to go to deezer by copying all music. https://www.deezer.com/explore/de/features/transfer-playlist...

Re: EU commission designates Booking.com as a digital gatekeeper under DMA

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No, Europe would never regulate their own companies this much. BMW gets away with violating privacy laws regularly, and something tells me Spotify will never be asked to stop being so hostile to consumers.

could you tell us more about BMW? Spotify is not a monopoly. this website from Deezer helps you to go to deezer by copying all music. https://www.deezer.com/explore/de/features/transfer-playlist...

BMW refuses to delete my (or anyone’s) information and the DPO address doesn’t get a response.

Re: EU commission designates Booking.com as a digital gatekeeper under DMA

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could you tell us more about BMW? Spotify is not a monopoly. this website from Deezer helps you to go to deezer by copying all music. https://www.deezer.com/explore/de/features/transfer-playlist...

BMW refuses to delete my (or anyone’s) information and the DPO address doesn’t get a response.

That's bad. where do you live? Did you contact the authorities related to your country?

Re: EU commission designates Booking.com as a digital gatekeeper under DMA

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I think so. They don't just destroy foreign companies, sometimes they destroy their own.

Regulating predatory practices is not the same as destroying a company. And if it happens to be the same, then that's probably a good thing. I have my problems with many things EU, but that hotels are allowed to provide cheaper prices themselves is just good for both the hotel and the guest.

No, the Regulation (in this case) is the predatory practice, which is destroying companies. There's a reason the EU doesn't have many successful companies.

DMA is the problem, it's not "that hotels are allowed to provide cheaper prices themselves". DMA does not regulate (or provide) that "hotels are allowed to provide cheaper prices themselves" because hotels were always allowed to do this.

Even I admit that DMA has a couple good things, but it is overwhelmed by the bad. DMA goes way, way too far and it causes destruction.

EU policies are extremely overbearing, arrogant and totalitarian. This is destroying business.

Re: EU commission designates Booking.com as a digital gatekeeper under DMA

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Is this Europe's first home grown digital gatekeeper?

I think so. They don't just destroy foreign companies, sometimes they destroy their own.

You keep going on about "destruction" without even explaining what specifically is happening here that is so bad that booking.com will be unable to continue operating?

Re: EU commission designates Booking.com as a digital gatekeeper under DMA

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post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

could you tell us more about BMW? Spotify is not a monopoly. this website from Deezer helps you to go to deezer by copying all music. https://www.deezer.com/explore/de/features/transfer-playlist...

BMW refuses to delete my (or anyone’s) information and the DPO address doesn’t get a response.

What does the authorities say when you contact them?

Re: EU commission designates Booking.com as a digital gatekeeper under DMA

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post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Regulating predatory practices is not the same as destroying a company. And if it happens to be the same, then that's probably a good thing. I have my problems with many things EU, but that hotels are allowed to provide cheaper prices themselves is just good for both the hotel and the guest.

No, the Regulation (in this case) is the predatory practice, which is destroying companies. There's a reason the EU doesn't have many successful companies. DMA is the problem, it's not "that hotels are allowed to provide cheaper prices themselves". DMA does not regulate (or provide) that "hotels are allowed to provide cheaper prices themselves" because hotels were always allowed to do this. Even I admit that DMA has…

So what are the concrete problems with the DMA? I do not know it well enough but as a EU citizen and small business owner I am generally very happy with other EU regulations.

Re: EU commission designates Booking.com as a digital gatekeeper under DMA

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No, Europe would never regulate their own companies this much. BMW gets away with violating privacy laws regularly, and something tells me Spotify will never be asked to stop being so hostile to consumers.

could you tell us more about BMW? Spotify is not a monopoly. this website from Deezer helps you to go to deezer by copying all music. https://www.deezer.com/explore/de/features/transfer-playlist...

Spotify is in an odd position; it's the labels which are monopolies, by definition of how copyright works. They're the current winner of the fragile truce in the piracy wars between consumers and labels. Normally considered to be bad for artists, not consumers, although they have been engaging in dark pattern behavior lately.

Re: EU commission designates Booking.com as a digital gatekeeper under DMA

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Is this Europe's first home grown digital gatekeeper?

No, Europe would never regulate their own companies this much. BMW gets away with violating privacy laws regularly, and something tells me Spotify will never be asked to stop being so hostile to consumers.

Europe would never... do what they just announced that they did? What are you even trying to communicate beyond "Europe bad"?
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