Kay Jebelli
@kayjebelli.bsky.social
Computer engineer/competition lawyer; TCK; personal views expressed. Pro-abundance policy, working for @chamberofprogress.bsky.social
The statement actually explains the EC's position quite clearly, and the first time I've seen it put like this in black and white. www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docum...
November 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The statement actually explains the EC's position quite clearly, and the first time I've seen it put like this in black and white. www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docum...
But there's a problem here as well, and that's the implication of the second line from the EC.
In fact it's a bit underlying one of the main flaws of the DMA's logic, and why the US administration is in opposition.
In fact it's a bit underlying one of the main flaws of the DMA's logic, and why the US administration is in opposition.
November 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
But there's a problem here as well, and that's the implication of the second line from the EC.
In fact it's a bit underlying one of the main flaws of the DMA's logic, and why the US administration is in opposition.
In fact it's a bit underlying one of the main flaws of the DMA's logic, and why the US administration is in opposition.
This is a "stop hitting yourself" kinda moment
November 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This is a "stop hitting yourself" kinda moment
Second problem: despite this approval processes that companies need to go through in order to launch new services in Europe, the EC is blaming the tech companies for the delay. www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docum...
November 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Second problem: despite this approval processes that companies need to go through in order to launch new services in Europe, the EC is blaming the tech companies for the delay. www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docum...
Nearly 5 years ago I warned that the DMA could end up installed the European Commission as the biggest roadblock to innovation in Europe, that it would be deciding, on a feature by feature basis, what could and couldn't be released by big tech companies. project-disco.org/competition...
November 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Nearly 5 years ago I warned that the DMA could end up installed the European Commission as the biggest roadblock to innovation in Europe, that it would be deciding, on a feature by feature basis, what could and couldn't be released by big tech companies. project-disco.org/competition...
First, the EC implies that it engaged with Apple to get the translation service launched in Europe as quickly as possible following the announcement of the delays. www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docum...
November 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
First, the EC implies that it engaged with Apple to get the translation service launched in Europe as quickly as possible following the announcement of the delays. www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docum...
This isn't like GDPR, where the EC can say that some websites not being accessible in Europe is a good thing because we are "protecting" Europeans from "harmful" data processing.
The DMA unfortunately isn't about protecting European users from "harm" (quite the opposite)
The DMA unfortunately isn't about protecting European users from "harm" (quite the opposite)
November 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This isn't like GDPR, where the EC can say that some websites not being accessible in Europe is a good thing because we are "protecting" Europeans from "harmful" data processing.
The DMA unfortunately isn't about protecting European users from "harm" (quite the opposite)
The DMA unfortunately isn't about protecting European users from "harm" (quite the opposite)
The short answer is that, yes, it has. We've done a study on this @progresschamber, it's unequivocal. Some services, like iphone mirroring, still aren't available. Various AI features and personalisations aren't available. There's more friction. thedigitalcurtain.eu/
November 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The short answer is that, yes, it has. We've done a study on this @progresschamber, it's unequivocal. Some services, like iphone mirroring, still aren't available. Various AI features and personalisations aren't available. There's more friction. thedigitalcurtain.eu/
At the end of September a group of right-wing European Parliamentarians posed questions to the EC on the impact the DMA was having on users, and whether it was resulting in fewer innovative services or delays in product launches. www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docum...
November 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
At the end of September a group of right-wing European Parliamentarians posed questions to the EC on the impact the DMA was having on users, and whether it was resulting in fewer innovative services or delays in product launches. www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docum...
This one flew under the radar last week, but it's significant.
Competition Commissioner hits back at Tech Companies for Negative Impacts of the DMA
Now let me break it down 👇
(Reporting on Mlex)
Competition Commissioner hits back at Tech Companies for Negative Impacts of the DMA
Now let me break it down 👇
(Reporting on Mlex)
November 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This one flew under the radar last week, but it's significant.
Competition Commissioner hits back at Tech Companies for Negative Impacts of the DMA
Now let me break it down 👇
(Reporting on Mlex)
Competition Commissioner hits back at Tech Companies for Negative Impacts of the DMA
Now let me break it down 👇
(Reporting on Mlex)
EU leaders say they want to "stand by the promises made" on the DMA, but there are a lot of promises that the EC doesn't seem to want to keep
Maybe if it did, we would see better consumer outcomes, more investment, and perhaps a more agreeable US as well. www.euronews.com/my-europe/2...
Maybe if it did, we would see better consumer outcomes, more investment, and perhaps a more agreeable US as well. www.euronews.com/my-europe/2...
November 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
EU leaders say they want to "stand by the promises made" on the DMA, but there are a lot of promises that the EC doesn't seem to want to keep
Maybe if it did, we would see better consumer outcomes, more investment, and perhaps a more agreeable US as well. www.euronews.com/my-europe/2...
Maybe if it did, we would see better consumer outcomes, more investment, and perhaps a more agreeable US as well. www.euronews.com/my-europe/2...
We were promised rules that wouldn't lead reduce big tech innovations in Europe, but they have.
November 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
We were promised rules that wouldn't lead reduce big tech innovations in Europe, but they have.
We were promised a concise list of clearly problematic practices, but now we see new investigations being opened into practices that have never been found to be harmful, and constantly shifting goalposts on compliance requirements and moving targets on expectations
November 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
We were promised a concise list of clearly problematic practices, but now we see new investigations being opened into practices that have never been found to be harmful, and constantly shifting goalposts on compliance requirements and moving targets on expectations
The DMA is a series of broken promises.
We were promised one set of rules, but national enforcers have been gold-plating and holding up product launches with a plethora of additional competition investigations.
We were promised one set of rules, but national enforcers have been gold-plating and holding up product launches with a plethora of additional competition investigations.
November 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The DMA is a series of broken promises.
We were promised one set of rules, but national enforcers have been gold-plating and holding up product launches with a plethora of additional competition investigations.
We were promised one set of rules, but national enforcers have been gold-plating and holding up product launches with a plethora of additional competition investigations.
There was a big "digital omnibus" proposal last week to simplify digital legislation, and make Europe more hospitable to business, following the Draghi report recommendations to address Europe's flailing competitiveness.
The DMA is not touched. (h/t @pieterhaeck.bsky.social)
The DMA is not touched. (h/t @pieterhaeck.bsky.social)
November 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
There was a big "digital omnibus" proposal last week to simplify digital legislation, and make Europe more hospitable to business, following the Draghi report recommendations to address Europe's flailing competitiveness.
The DMA is not touched. (h/t @pieterhaeck.bsky.social)
The DMA is not touched. (h/t @pieterhaeck.bsky.social)
What's remarkable in the latest round of public negotiations is the US is now also dangling $1 trillion in digital investments for Europe, but EU leaders refuse to back down on their insistence to target US companies with the DMA
November 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
What's remarkable in the latest round of public negotiations is the US is now also dangling $1 trillion in digital investments for Europe, but EU leaders refuse to back down on their insistence to target US companies with the DMA
Neither side seems to want to budge. The EU continues to assert its regulatory supremacy, and the US isn't willing to lower tariffs without seeing a more "balanced approach" to enforcement. Reporting by @politico.eu
November 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Neither side seems to want to budge. The EU continues to assert its regulatory supremacy, and the US isn't willing to lower tariffs without seeing a more "balanced approach" to enforcement. Reporting by @politico.eu
I know everyone loves to get a headline bashing big tech, force them to comply, bring them to heel, get pats on the back and positive reactions from the anti-tech commentariat, but come on, you're breaking the system here.
What we need is what was promised www.linkedin.com/pulse/dsadm...
What we need is what was promised www.linkedin.com/pulse/dsadm...
November 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I know everyone loves to get a headline bashing big tech, force them to comply, bring them to heel, get pats on the back and positive reactions from the anti-tech commentariat, but come on, you're breaking the system here.
What we need is what was promised www.linkedin.com/pulse/dsadm...
What we need is what was promised www.linkedin.com/pulse/dsadm...
Indeed, on the very second page of the DMA's proposal the Commission had explained that the DMA would consolidate enforcement of these platform rules at the EU level.
Maybe the German case could have been excused because the DMA wasn't operational yet, but now, more than two years later?
Maybe the German case could have been excused because the DMA wasn't operational yet, but now, more than two years later?
November 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Indeed, on the very second page of the DMA's proposal the Commission had explained that the DMA would consolidate enforcement of these platform rules at the EU level.
Maybe the German case could have been excused because the DMA wasn't operational yet, but now, more than two years later?
Maybe the German case could have been excused because the DMA wasn't operational yet, but now, more than two years later?
New competition enforcement news out of Italy, but is it really competition enforcement? and why Italy?
Just another example of how the DMA has failed
Just another example of how the DMA has failed
November 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
New competition enforcement news out of Italy, but is it really competition enforcement? and why Italy?
Just another example of how the DMA has failed
Just another example of how the DMA has failed
After numerous calls from different member states pushing the EC to be a bit more pro-AI, it seems we're finally seeing some progress, with a possible amendment to codify the applicability of the legitimate interests exemption, which would remove some of that legal uncertainty.
November 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
After numerous calls from different member states pushing the EC to be a bit more pro-AI, it seems we're finally seeing some progress, with a possible amendment to codify the applicability of the legitimate interests exemption, which would remove some of that legal uncertainty.
Data protection authorities across Europe have been lobbying to become AI enforcers, but they don't have a great track record of encouraging technological advancements
November 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Data protection authorities across Europe have been lobbying to become AI enforcers, but they don't have a great track record of encouraging technological advancements
Potentially a big move from the EC to make Europe a bit more hospitable to AI, trying to put a stop to all the data protection authority investigations into AI model development and deployment in Europe
November 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Potentially a big move from the EC to make Europe a bit more hospitable to AI, trying to put a stop to all the data protection authority investigations into AI model development and deployment in Europe
As the Draghi Report warned, Europe’s competitiveness depends on cutting internal friction and regulatory over-reach. The DFA should heed that advice.
October 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
As the Draghi Report warned, Europe’s competitiveness depends on cutting internal friction and regulatory over-reach. The DFA should heed that advice.
There are already numerous EU-level regulations designed to strengthen consumer protection.
Europeans are already the best protected in the world.
Europe doesn’t need more paperwork — it just needs enforcers that get to work.
commission.europa.eu/law/law-top...
Europeans are already the best protected in the world.
Europe doesn’t need more paperwork — it just needs enforcers that get to work.
commission.europa.eu/law/law-top...
October 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
There are already numerous EU-level regulations designed to strengthen consumer protection.
Europeans are already the best protected in the world.
Europe doesn’t need more paperwork — it just needs enforcers that get to work.
commission.europa.eu/law/law-top...
Europeans are already the best protected in the world.
Europe doesn’t need more paperwork — it just needs enforcers that get to work.
commission.europa.eu/law/law-top...