The European Commission has published an official list of services offered by ‘gatekeepers’ that must comply with obligations under the new Digital Markets Act. Companies now have six months to comply with the rules.
The European Commission has published an official list of services offered by ‘gatekeepers’ that must comply with obligations under the new Digital Markets Act. Companies now have six months to comply with the rules.
Google was forced to provide statistics on its user base and they wouldn’t have been listed if they wouldn’t get 10% of EU citizens to use their product at least once a month.
I can’t tell you in what countries Google Shopping is actually used, but its inclusion int he list says a lot.
I think it’s because you get Google Shopping results whenever you search for a product name or brand. They pushed their shop right front and center and now they’ll have to pay the price.
Yes. I guess you are using Google Shopping every time you make a Google search of a product, even though you don’t notice it.
If my suspicions are true then they’ve really messed up, there’s no way their accidental clicks are worth the difficulty of complying with DSA regulations.
I think the same may be true of Bing Search, I don’t think their user base is anywhere as large as they’re made out to be but every time you accidentally click a link in Windows you get forced into Edge and Bing. It’s not hard to cross the 45 million users threshold when everyone only needs to click one Microsoft link inside Windows once per month to count!