Yesterday, several of the most powerful international tech companies, including Alphabet’s Google, Meta (formerly named Facebook), Qualcomm, Lenovo, and six others formed a team that agreed to push for “open digital ecosystems, according to a story in Reuters. Apple was not in the group.
The report indicated that the formation of the group was a calculated response to the new comprehensive set of rules and laws that the European Union (or EU) has adopted, called the Digital Markets Act, regarding many facets of technology. The group has given itself an appealing (or perhaps for some, annoying) acronym, CODE, which stands for Coalition for Open Digital Ecosystems and will promote “more open platforms and systems to boost growth and innovation in Europe.”
