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Yeah, I'm not naive enough to assume Facebook would open up their walled garden.
But they will be forced to.
sigh
Reading the links provided would have stopped you from writing this comment.
No company is going to risk losing 10% of all their total monies for non-compliance.
Facebook is estimated to make 116.6 billion US dollars per year. They will not give up 11.7 billion dollars every year as a fine.
Oh my sweet summer child. You're underestimating Facebook's capability to use shady tactics to keep the users on their platform even if such law is passed.