[dbvn]

How could a cloud provider *not* qualify as a gatekeeper under these guidelines?

[benoau]

Because the threshold was designed around consumer-facing services and requires 45 million monthly users.

However the regulation also has flexibility if something is deemed critical but doesn't meet the numbers.

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?toc=OJ%3AL%3...

(chapter 2, requirements are point #2 and exceptions to those are #8)