This is the change that will happen in March

The Digital Markets Act (DMA) has opened a new scenario in the European Union that is already transforming the technology sector. Step by step, he went through the stages. One of the most relevant, when the EU appointed its “gatekeepers”. These are Google, Microsoft and Apple – among others – in charge of avoid monopolies because of its relevance.

On the other hand, this directive aims to achieve interoperability between instant messaging platforms, with WhatsApp in preparation, as well as the opening of the Apple ecosystem to third-party stores. No matter how this story ends there will be a queue, the truth is that some like Google are already preparing to adapt your services

to the needs of the DMA. We explain how you can achieve this.

Google doesn’t want problems in Europe

There Digital Markets Actalso known by the acronym DMA (Digital Markets Actin English) will begin to be applied with more vehemence in this year 2024 which has just begun. It is therefore time for change, at least from the companies most involved in a directive which ensures the digital well-being of European users.

For the Great technology it will mean additional work and, as Google itself has published, we know in what way will this fulfill

with the DMA. To do this, it will change the way its services are integrated, giving the end user much more control over them.

Google, as the European “guardian” of this directive, has published a help document, entitled “About DML and its related services” (changing the acronym to English) to explain the significant change which will arrive after March 6 this year, when the directive comes into force.

Primarily, this will allow users to unlink their Google services, if they wish. In addition, Google has published a small list with the services concerned

among which we find Google Search itself, YouTube, Google Play, Chrome, Shopping and even the mapping service, Maps.

As if that were not enough, we can select the services that remain linked, one by one, or leave everything as it was. Of course, before doing so, we must ask ourselves if the integration between these brings us any benefits, because by dissociating them, some shared functionality will be lost.

The DMA rules began to be enforced last year, in May. However, in September, after the appointment of the guardians, a career began which will end on March 6time limit within which they must comply with the law.

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