Jan Penfrat

Classic misunderstanding about the importance of online #platforms exemplified by the Dutch government:

"[Platforms] enable businesses to sell products online that they would normally sell in physical stores, and they also help facilitate online communication."

https://www.permanentrepresentations.nl/permanent-representations/pr-eu-brussels/documents/publications/2021/02/17/dutch-position-on-the-proposal-for-the-digital-markets-act

Dutch position on the proposal for the Digital Markets Act

This paper sets out the Dutch position on the proposal by the European Commission for the Digital Markets Act.

Mar 12, 2021 at 10:31amWeb
Show threadJan PenfratMar 12, 2021

As if sellers were unable to set up websites.

Or as if online communication can't be peer-to-peer or self-hosted or decentralised.

Too many people have forgotten how the internet looked like before platforms. Or they never knew.

#DSADoneRight #DigitalServicesAct #DigitalMarketsAct