> Years of promoting f-droid and custom android roms did far less for software freedom than the EU telling Apple they need to open up their platform It is way

> Years of promoting f-droid and custom android roms did far less for software freedom than the EU telling Apple they need to open up their platform It is way too early to call that this will result in a net benefit for software freedom. We already have a platform—Android—that provides the freedoms that the EU is mandating Apple now provide. What we are getting is a second platform that now cannot provide an alternative type of service to consumers. That honestly feels like a net loss in consumer choice, not progress.