X invoked tanking ad revenue to remove threat of DMA gatekeeper designation.
  • @[email protected]English
    77•1 month ago

    On Wednesday, the European Commission (EC) announced that “X does indeed not qualify as a gatekeeper in relation to its online social networking service, given that the investigation revealed that X is not an important gateway for business users to reach end users.”

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      • @[email protected]English
        24•1 month ago

        In this particular case, I’m really not sure it’s a loophole.

        Antitrust laws exist to constrain companies so large and powerful that they have become, or are becoming monopolistic forces

        What Twitter successfully proved to the EU court is that Musk’s management of the company has been so spectacularly incompetent that Twitter/X no longer has enough reach or cultural relevance to be in any danger of being a monopoly.

        This is, objectively speaking, a serious L for Twitter. They just proved to a court that they’re no longer even close to being the best place to spend your advertising dollars. The major spenders will take note.

    • Snot FlickermanEnglish
      17•1 month ago

      It gives me wonderful feelings, it’s X basically admitting that they’re dead in the water.

      • @[email protected]English
        10•1 month ago

        They never been as popular in Europe as in the US.

        Still very big, but nothing like Facebook, Instagram.

      • @[email protected]English
        4•1 month ago

        No more than a 13yo who wants to get on the 12yo and younger playground because it’s the only one around and has a hella sweet slide.

  • KokeshEnglish
    31•1 month ago

    He did it! Yes! He is a genius! Run the company to the ground, so the EU doesn’t care. Brilliant.