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The Digital Markets Act is intended to protect competition in the digital markets from big tech. The negotiators from the EU institutions have already clarified many issues, but a number of points are still open before the final trilogue. An overview.
By Till Hoppe
The social media news feed that never ends. The pop-up on the booking page that screams to users "74 people are watching this too! There are only 3 offers left!". The privacy settings page or account deletion page that can only be found after a marathon of clicks: These are all corporate design decisions that define the everyday online lives of millions of people. At best, such design practices are just annoying. At worst, they are intrusions on people's freedom of choice in the name of maximizing attention and profit. That's why the European Digital Services Act ("DSA") for tech platforms needs to explicitly focus on design issues.
By Redaktion Table