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Discussions on WindowsForum.com about EU competition law focus on how regulatory frameworks like the Digital Markets Act (DMA) affect major tech companies. A key thread examines WhatsApp's decision to block third-party AI assistants from its Business API, a move that impacts integrations with ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot. Users analyze whether this restriction could violate EU competition rules by limiting consumer choice and stifling innovation. The conversation highlights tensions between platform governance and antitrust enforcement, with implications for enterprise IT and AI deployment. The tag covers recurring themes of market dominance, interoperability, and the evolving legal landscape for digital services in the European Union.
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    EU DMA Probe Targets AWS and Azure Cloud Gatekeeper Power

    The European Commission is expected as early as this week to issue preliminary findings that Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure qualify as cloud “gatekeepers” under the Digital Markets Act, extending Europe’s platform competition regime from consumer apps into enterprise infrastructure. The...
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    EU DMA Cloud Probe: AWS and Azure Gatekeeper Rules Beyond Thresholds

    On November 18, 2025, the European Commission opened three Digital Markets Act market investigations into cloud computing, including probes into whether Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure should be treated as gatekeepers despite missing the DMA’s automatic thresholds. That is the dry...
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    WhatsApp Blocks Third-Party AI on Business API: Impact on ChatGPT and Copilot

    WhatsApp’s decision to block third‑party, general‑purpose AI assistants from its Business API — a move that effectively ends ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot integrations on the platform — marks a major shift in how conversational AI will be delivered to hundreds of millions of users and tens of...
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