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I would think a peer-to-peer system would not be exempt from this legislation, particularly given my understanding that the EU courts do not look favorably on g

by saurik 2y ago

I would think a peer-to-peer system would not be exempt from this legislation, particularly given my understanding that the EU courts do not look favorably on gotcha-style analysis of laws that are limited to definitions of words used being twisted to claim "I'm unregulated". If you are a developer who works on a chat client as part of a decentralized service, I'd expect both you and all of the people running the network to suddenly become service providers subject to this law.

anonzzzies 2y ago
There was a discussion about Matrix here; https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40713065 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40713065 But it seems (as always) not easy to determine.
cherryteastain 2y ago
It's impossible for the EU to apply any meaningful enforcement action to a P2P encrypted chat system made by non EU citizen developers residing in a non EU country. Sure, the EU can declare your app is subject to this law, but then what?
- Hitton 2y ago
  Just not being available in app stores would effectively stop its usage.
  - account42 2y ago
    That is hardy going to be a factor. Most people are not going to care anyway and those that do will be able to install it without an app store.
    - tekknik 2y ago
      Those pesky seed servers will still exist though.