A shifting landscape
After years of light oversight, the world’s largest technology platforms face a new era of regulation. From digital-market rules to app-store mandates, governments are moving to curb concentration and open ecosystems to competition.
Why it matters for builders
For startups and game developers, more open platforms can mean lower fees, alternative storefronts, and new distribution paths. But compliance overhead also rises, and the rules differ sharply by region.
The companies that adapt fastest treat regulation as a product constraint to design around, not a surprise to react to. Founders building on top of major platforms should plan for a world where the terms keep changing.
