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The DMA only applies to companies with a market cap >75bn EUR, or turnover in the EU >7.5bn EUR/annum. Like, your startup will be _fine_.


> your startup will be _fine_

Your start-up also won't get acquired by anyone "with a market cap >75bn EUR, or turnover in the EU >7.5bn EUR/annum." That may be fine with some folks. But it's an obvious downside if you're a start-up or backer thereof.


Are you claiming that big companies can only exist in an environment where they are allowed to be really anti-competitive?


> Are you claiming that big companies can only exist in an environment where they are allowed to be really anti-competitive?

No. Nobody claimed that. Because it's a straw man.

"Your startup will be __fine__" implies there is no effect on a start-up. That's not true when one considers ecosystem effects.


Nobody of decent character would care about that. Building a business is supposed to be about providing quality goods and services to customers, not trying to get a payout from a big company when they acquire you.




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