> The issue isn't with being forced to use social media, it's being forced to use only facebook's network.
Yes it is, read the article. The report states that regulators take issue with the fact that users have to log into an account that has nothing to do with gaming in order to use a gaming product.
This isn’t about using one social media network over another, it’s about requiring users to hand over personal consumer data in order to use a product that has no reason not to function without it.
Assuming we are talking about the same tiny article, you are oddly confident in your interpretation. The "conditioning access" quote is not directly about Facebook. The 400-page linked document talks about conditioning access in reference to google pushing search use via its android apps, analogous to what I stated above with facebook pushing their network.
As for the statements specifically about Facebook which the linked article did quote, they describe Facebook doing exactly what I said is the problem, namely not allowing competitors to use its platform.
Yes it is, read the article. The report states that regulators take issue with the fact that users have to log into an account that has nothing to do with gaming in order to use a gaming product.
This isn’t about using one social media network over another, it’s about requiring users to hand over personal consumer data in order to use a product that has no reason not to function without it.