2021
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3978625
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Regulating Competition in Digital Platform Markets: A Critical Assessment of the Framework and Approach of the EU Digital Markets Act

Abstract: The European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA) initiative, which is set to introduce ex ante regulatory rules for "gatekeepers" in online platform markets, is one of the most important pieces of legislation to emanate from Brussels in recent decades. It not only has the potential to influence jurisdictions around the world in regulating digital markets, it also has the potential to change the business models of the wealthiest corporations on the planet and how they offer their products and services to their cu… Show more

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“…For example, mobile health app producers can assume to have their product available to consumers in the dominant app stores even though the gatekeeper company brought a similar health app available as well. Akman [16], although criticizing the DMA of some of its weaknesses, underlines that the DMA is different in comparison with previous EU competition laws in a sense that the resolution to a case of unfair practises by a gatekeeper can come faster. This is important to the smaller companies, and it fits better to the nature of the rapidly evolving digital markets.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…For example, mobile health app producers can assume to have their product available to consumers in the dominant app stores even though the gatekeeper company brought a similar health app available as well. Akman [16], although criticizing the DMA of some of its weaknesses, underlines that the DMA is different in comparison with previous EU competition laws in a sense that the resolution to a case of unfair practises by a gatekeeper can come faster. This is important to the smaller companies, and it fits better to the nature of the rapidly evolving digital markets.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Como anteriormente destacado, o termo "mercado digital", ainda que utilizado de maneira a simplificar e resumir as atividades dos agentes que atuam nesse setor, é marcado, verdadeiramente, pela multiplicidade de serviços e produtos ofertados (AKMAN, 2022). Em razão disso, apresenta-se às autoridades de defesa da concorrência a grande dificuldade de analisar as condutas e operações das grandes plataformas em tais mercados e os riscos que podem apresentar à livre concorrência.…”
Section: Representam As Big Techs Um Risco à Concorrência No Mercado ...unclassified
“…Utilizando-se dessa grande variedade e volume de dados, que são atualizados constantemente, as plataformas, que já contam com uma grande infraestrutura que permite o processamento, filtragem e análise dessas informações, conseguem construir modelos mais acurados e específicos de seus usuários e, uma vez os detendo, podem "vendê-los" para o lado que paga pela utilização das plataformas, isto é, anunciantes e vendedores (AKMAN, 2022).…”
Section: Sob Um Primeiro Aspecto Rememoremos O Amparo No Big Data Pel...unclassified
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