News and Research articles on Digital Markets Act

The EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) is designed to empower users with the ability to freely switch between digital platforms. However, my 2026 migration experiment from Apple’s iOS to Google’s Android in Japan reveals a stark contrast between legal provisions and practical realities.

Google and Apple together control 99% of the European smartphone operating system market. What are the distinctive European policy and academic contributions to the ongoing global debate on how this new source of market power should be controlled?

KEYWORDS: Antitrust, App Store, Platform regulation, European Union, Digital Markets Act

This commentary provides first reflections on the recently published proposal for a Digital Markets Act and its prohibition of discriminatory rankings.

News and Research articles on Digital Markets Act

The “exit penalty”: Why the DMA’s interoperability rules fail the reality test of platform migration

App stores, antitrust and their links to net neutrality: A review of the European policy and academic debate leading to the EU Digital Markets Act

Towards a ban of discriminatory rankings by digital gatekeepers? Reflections on the proposal for a Digital Markets Act

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