The European Commission: "X does 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." NOT AN IMPORTANT GATEWAY. Twitter's dead. https://europa.eu/!7GfFpY
Commission concludes that online social networking service of X should not be designated under the Digital Markets Act Today, the Commission found that the online social networking service of X should
Exactly as Elon planned. But also, it means they're less regulated, which is bad.
if memory serves, it had the lowest click-through rates of any major platform even in the Dorsey years.
Why is that bad for them ?
I mean, twitter's always been tiny compared to how important people think it is. There is a handful of businesses/government agencies here where twitter DMs are the best way to contact them. (unless you want to write a letter)
It took me a moment to remember that "X" is a brand name. For a moment, I thought you were doing a hypothetical.
This is what X actually wanted, and it’s not a good thing.
Charlie, on the face of it, that’s good. But - if I’m reading the article correctly - X was also arguing that it wasn’t a gatekeeper, in order to avoid regulation under the DMA