while its end user numbers were close to the threshold
Why have a threshold if you literally ignore it?
its importance for certain use cases, such as gaming apps.
Sure, Jan. The iPad definitely has that gaming apps market gatekept!
At this point it’s obvious these aren’t consumer protection mechanisms as much as they’re anti-tech measures meant to try to put the breaks on a highly competitive market that the EU is not a part of in hopes that home-grown alternatives can catch up.
But since the EU is so tech-hostile, why would anyone want to startup tech there?
Why have a threshold if you literally ignore it?
Sure, Jan. The iPad definitely has that gaming apps market gatekept!
At this point it’s obvious these aren’t consumer protection mechanisms as much as they’re anti-tech measures meant to try to put the breaks on a highly competitive market that the EU is not a part of in hopes that home-grown alternatives can catch up.
But since the EU is so tech-hostile, why would anyone want to startup tech there?
this is such a bad misinformed take