Gatekeepers will be required to make their messaging apps interoperate with competitors, allowing users to decide which apps to pre-install on their devices.
Google thumbnails including Google apps like Gmail, Maps, YouTube, Drive and Hangouts as seen on a phone screen.
According to the EU, the companies will have six months to comply and can be fined up to 10% of their annual global turnover for DMA violations. "We are evaluating the Commission’s designations and will set out further information in due course as we work to comply with the DMA," a Meta company spokesperson said. Gatekeeper companies can request an interim measure to suspend the application of the rules, but they would need to launch a legal case in the EU Court of Justice in Luxembourg to do that, a senior Commission official said. "We haven't seen anything like that so far.
The EU commission said Alphabet's Gmail, Microsoft's Outlook and Samsung's browser were exempted after the companies showed these services do not qualify as gatekeepers. The Commission has also opened four market investigations into Microsoft and Apple, saying some of their core platforms like Bing, Edge, Microsoft Advertising and Apple's iMessage services do not qualify as gateways."We accept our designation as a gatekeeper under the Digital Markets Act and will continue to work with the European Commission to meet the obligations imposed on Windows and LinkedIn under the DMA," a Microsoft spokesperson said in a statement.
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