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The problem is that a bunch of companies who hate each other ‘competing’ doesn’t result in platform innovation. It results in stasis. Anyone who has spent any time in industry consortium meetings knows this, and it’s the reason Apple does everything themselves.

The EU should do things the way they want to, of course, but the rest of the world should wait to see what the outcome is. I can’t see anything good coming for consumers, not for smaller developers. A few larger players such as Epic might be able make a bit of money as an alternative middle-man, and a lot more people will stop being able to share their photos with their grandparents because they aren’t using the same app anymore.