#40 Having All Your Eggs in One Basket: The Situation of the Cloud Computing Market w/ Max von Thun

In this episode, I sat down with Max von Thun, Director at Open Markets Institute Europe, to discuss the situation of the cloud computing market. He set forth in very few words why we should care about this market and what the main problems are in the market's current configuration. I hope you enjoy the episode! Throughout the episode, we mentioned some developments that have taken place surrounding the cloud market. Click on them directly below: 00:08, The EC's qualitative designations under the DMA against Amazon and Microsoft and its additional market investigation on the adequacy of capturing cloud: https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.... 03:11, Amazon's, Microsoft's, and Google's dominance in the cloud market: https://www.statista.com/chart/18819/.... 04:11, The CMA's cloud services market investigation: https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases/cloud-se.... 04:39, Cloud outages created by dependence on a few players: https://www.theguardian.com/technolog.... 06:50, Amazon spun its cloud business off the computing resources used from its e-commerce website: https://www.wired.com/story/why-hard-.... 07:34, The European Commission's work on cloud: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu.... 07:38, The Dutch competition authority's market study into cloud services: https://www.acm.nl/en/publications/ma.... 07:40, The French competition authority's market study into cloud computing: https://www.autoritedelaconcurrence.f.... 08:22, The Data Act: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/202.... 11:23, The European Commission's approval of the Google/Wiz merger: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/press.... 12:53, Google's partnerships surrounding its cloud business: https://newsroom.accenture.com/news/2.... 15:42, The US' Antitrust Subcommittee's reports touching on the cloud market: http://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/.... 16:13, Anecdotal evidence by which users are more prone towards Amazon's proprietary cloud: https://yalelawjournal.org/pdf/e.710..... 16:45, Open Markets Institute paper on cloud: https://www.openmarketsinstitute.org/.... 21:30: The European Commission's DMA review: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/press.... 22:05, The European Commission's Meta case, where it imposed interim measures: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/press.... 22:28, The need for structural remedies, as set out by Open Markets Institute: https://www.openmarketsinstitute.org/.... Key moments 00:00 Introduction to Cloud Market Regulation 02:29 Understanding Hyperscales and Market Dynamics 10:03 The Role of the European Commission 12:25 Implications of the DMA on Cloud Services 18:47 Future of Cloud Regulation and Enforcement To learn more about Dr. Alba Ribera Martínez and her research, we invite you to visit her website: https://www.albariberamartinez.com. She also writes, from time to time, in her newsletter, the DMA Agora, about the latest developments surrounding the European regulation: https://www.linkedin.com/build-relati.... ________ The Binary Agora is on social media, where we upload and comment on dedicated content only for our subscribers. Stay tuned there, as well. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/theb... BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/thebinaryago... TikTok:   / thebinaryagora   Instagram:   / thebinaryagora