• tal@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    The EU is preventing price discrimination within the EU.

    They do have that requirement as part of the Digital Markets Act, but I don’t believe that that’s what the case here is addressing. That is not what the article OP posted or the article I linked to is saying: they are specifically saying that what is at issue is sales outside Europe.

    EDIT: I am thinking that maybe the article is just in error. I mean, just from an economic standpoint, the EU doing this would create a major mess for international companies.

    EDIT2: Okay, here’s an archive.ph link of the original Bloomberg article:

    https://archive.ph/JuM0z#selection-4849.212-4863.277

    In the contested arrangement with Valve, users were left unable to access some games that were available in other EU nations.

    Yeah, so it’s just that these “mezha.media” guys mis-summarized the Bloomberg article.

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      Your edits are correct. The mezha.media site most likely misinterpreted the presser.

      This is the 2021 ruling if you’d like more info. Valve just lost the appeal.