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		CorrectHorseBat 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China, ... None of the gatekeepers are EU companies. You might say that's proof of it being unfair, but can you name a EU company which should be one? I can't really think of one, US companies are just so much bigger on the internet, even in the EU. Looking at the other law you mentioned, GDPR, there are many EU companies receiving GDPR fines.

0xy 10 months ago [–]

Absolute nonsense, of course. Your case disintegrates completely given Spotify was given a specific and targeted carve-out in DMA.

The law is written to arbitrarily tax US "gatekeepers" while explicitly excluding EU gatekeepers. Booking.com is another, also carved out.

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