There's a quiet trade in every ecosystem: convenience now, dependency later. The groupchat, the purchases, the habits — reasons to stay, even once they stop being the best option.
Interoperability could loosen that grip. But opening a system to competitors also opens it to new risks.
We're working out how to do it right: https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5862/interoperability-privacy-and-limits-digital-markets-act
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