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>Now the European Union is coming after Apple without trying to rein in Google's influence... This seems short-sighted. At the very least, if the EU really wan
by ykonstant 3y ago
>Now the European Union is coming after Apple without trying to rein in Google's influence... This seems short-sighted.
At the very least, if the EU really wants to limit the tech giants' grip on the web, it needs to fund independent open source web engine development handsomely; their pockets are more than deep enough and projects like ladybird and servo can use the extra resources.
- legacynl 3y ago> if the EU really wants to limit the tech giants' grip on the web You're misunderstanding the goals of the EU. The EU only cares about limiting their grip as a result of their main goal. The main goal of the EU is to protect the rights of their citizens, which they do by enforcing existing anti-monopoly laws. The EU has in principle no problem with a company gaining giant market share by providing a successful service or product. There would be no problem if Google or Apple would gain 99% market share by everybody voluntarily choosing their product. But it is a problem if they then use that marketshare to make it harder for competitors to compete. I.e.: you're wrong to say that they're trying to minimise the 'grip' they have. They are merely trying to prevent companies abusing that grip. That being said; I'm pretty sure that the EU does actually fund a lot of open source development
- npunt 3y agoThe Digital Markets Act is a new law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Markets_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Markets_Act