[miken123]

> Imagine 2007 and the following years already with the EU act in full effect. AppStore would be dead on arrival.

No, it wouldn't have been, as the DMA only applies to 'gatekeepers' and if you're new, you're simply not a gatekeeper. You need at least 45 million monthly active users and 7,5 billion of revenue for three years.

> So EU should change Apple’s and Google’s status from producer to provider of essential service like electricity for example.

That's the whole point of the DMA: designate these parties as 'gatekeepers', providing essential services ('core platform services' in terms of the DMA). Once you are, you have certain obligations that should allow proper interoperability with other/smaller parties.

[afiori]

> You need at least 45 million monthly active users and 7,5 billion of revenue for three years

Minor nitpick that does not really changes the point but might provide context: these are the criteria to automatically be classified as gatekeeper. You can be a gatekeeper even if you do not meet them, but the EU needs to prove that you meet some other more detailed criteria.