European Commission lines up Amazon and Microsoft for cloud gatekeeper status

https://www.theregister.com/legal/2026/06/25/european-commission-lines-up-amazon-and-microsoft-for-cloud-gatekeeper-status/5262127

by Bender • 28 days ago

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dmitrygr6• 28 days ago

And when everyone is a gatekeeper … no one is

ezst2• 28 days ago

What are you even trying to say?

dmitrygr6• 28 days ago

that before long, everyone will be declared a gatekeeper, just so EU can control everything as they please.

samrus• 28 days ago

Thats not how it works

twoodfin3• 28 days ago

Who’s on each side of the gate?

vrganj6• 28 days ago

On one side, consumers. On the other, vendors.

twoodfin3• 28 days ago

Consumers of what? Vendors of what?

iso16315• 28 days ago

10% of Microsoft's turnover is $28b, 10% of amazon is $71b

The goal here is to make sure these companies obey the law though, which big tech companies seem to think is optional.

dumbmrblah• 28 days ago

Really should be the turnover amount for operations originating from the EU, not worldwide.

specproc• 28 days ago

In which case, they route it all through some subsidiary in the Cayman Islands and it magically disappears.

No, this is a deterrent against anti-consumer behaviour, and it should be meaningful.

Scarblac• 28 days ago

No, that would make it even less likely that they obey the law.

ygjb• 27 days ago

Why?

The US likes to flex it's muscle by pushing other governments around on behalf of its commercial interests.

I think it's well past time for Canada to either formally pursue toes with the EU or pursue alignment with EU consumer protection legislation.

Middle powers unite!

sunshine-o• 28 days ago

The problem is nobody believe those company would ever hand over 10% or even 1% of their turnover to the EU.

The EU should be careful with those kind of threats because in the world that is taking shape I can really imagine MS telling them one day that none of their Windows is gonna boot tomorrow if they don't calm down. The EU at large is totally dependent on those companies so who is really fearing who?

SiempreViernes2• 27 days ago

Thankfully MS also has a policy of not trying very hard to prevent illicit distribution of their software, so the worst they can really do is brick your machine on patch Tuesday, which is just the standard risk you run every time anyway.

felixg3• 27 days ago

Like they didn’t make Apple pay /s

The final closure came in 2025: Ireland confirmed it received nearly €14.25 billion (about $15.5 billion) from the account’s final closure https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/07/15/apple-and-ireland...

aerzen• 27 days ago

Seems like good news - market share of AWS and Azure in EU is huge, so I naturally support efforts to kurb power of such duopoly.

But what would be practical effects of DMA on AWS? Who is the customer, who is the vendor?

pvtmert• 26 days ago

The comment from a 5-year old: But Google is doing that too!

  > The spokesperson added: "We remain concerned that ignoring the growing power of Google Cloud and Gemini will tilt the market in a harmful way."

European Commission lines up Amazon and Microsoft for cloud gatekeeper status

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