Today the @EUCommission backs down and fails to curtail Twitter:
“…X also submitted rebuttal arguments, explaining why its online social networking service should not, in its view, qualify as an important gateway between businesses and consumers, even if X is deemed to meet the quantitative thresholds set out in the DMA.”
“…the Commission concluded that X does indeed not qualify as a gatekeeper in relation to its online social networking service…”
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On reflection, your reasoning makes more sense. But I checked and it seems like they haven’t published the non-confidential report yet on the DMA website at https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/commission-concludes-online-social-networking-service-x-should-not-be-designated-under-digital-2024-10-16_en so it’s hard tell what they were thinking. Probably will be clearer once the report is finally published.