Platform regulation just got heated in Europe. A group representing app developers and consumer advocates is pushing EU regulators harder on how a major tech company structures its fee system. The complaint: even with recent adjustments to their terms, the company's approach still doesn't align with the Digital Markets Act requirements. What's frustrating developers most? European app makers say they're getting the short end of the stick compared to their counterparts in the United States. The revised framework was supposed to level the playing field under DMA guidelines, but critics argue it's created new barriers instead of removing old ones. This tension between platform operators and regulators mirrors ongoing debates in the crypto space about fair marketplace access—questions that'll shape how decentralized platforms operate going forward.
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SurvivorshipBias
· 4h ago
Europe is starting to stir again. Really, the big companies' fee structures are just the same old, same old...
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DancingCandles
· 17h ago
It's that European set of rules again, and developers are still caught in the middle.
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SerRugResistant
· 12-17 00:36
Europe is starting to get competitive again. DMA is supposedly about fair competition, but it's still the same old tricks... Americans always have the advantage, European developers always end up losing.
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HodlTheDoor
· 12-16 15:44
ngl, Europe's DMA framework still seems to be just on paper; the real bottleneck issues haven't been solved at all.
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MEVictim
· 12-16 15:39
DMA is back again, Europe is really tightening up... But honestly, do these rules help developers? It feels like it's getting more and more complicated.
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NFTBlackHole
· 12-16 15:37
DMA has been around for so long and still the same; European developers are really being played out.
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OnChainSleuth
· 12-16 15:37
Europe is starting to stir again, feeling that DMA is just a paper tiger.
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PriceOracleFairy
· 12-16 15:37
ngl this is just another liquidity trap dressed in regulatory language... EU really out here playing whack-a-mole while the real arbitrage opportunity exists in the jurisdictional gap lol
Platform regulation just got heated in Europe. A group representing app developers and consumer advocates is pushing EU regulators harder on how a major tech company structures its fee system. The complaint: even with recent adjustments to their terms, the company's approach still doesn't align with the Digital Markets Act requirements. What's frustrating developers most? European app makers say they're getting the short end of the stick compared to their counterparts in the United States. The revised framework was supposed to level the playing field under DMA guidelines, but critics argue it's created new barriers instead of removing old ones. This tension between platform operators and regulators mirrors ongoing debates in the crypto space about fair marketplace access—questions that'll shape how decentralized platforms operate going forward.