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Conversely, this and EU Chat Control are precisely why the powers that be will ensure it will happen. The importance of FOSS mobile OSes is greater than ever n

Conversely, this and EU Chat Control are precisely why the powers that be will ensure it will happen. The importance of FOSS mobile OSes is greater than ever now.

permo-w 1y ago
if we're talking about the EU, for a provider the size of Google, not allowing third party application installs is illegal in the EU under the Digital Markets Act
- Palmik 1y ago
  This doesn't necessarily mean they can't introduce developer verification process. (Meaning only Google verified and approved developers would be able to distribute APKs) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45411426 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45411426 It's really quite worrying how all these things (age verification, chat control, side-loading prevention, etc.) seem to be coming to bear in tandem across many countries.
  - ath3nd 1y ago
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illiac786 1y ago
Still waiting to see chatcontrol happen. Maybe I’m naive, but I don’t believe it will happen.
- netsharc 1y ago
  As an EU citizen, I never doubt the ability for the EU to do the wrong thing... The current European Commision president: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/zensursula https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/zensursula The previous president, Juncker, was the premier who made Luxembourg a taxhaven. Nowadays buying from Amazon in Europe you still get a purchase receipt from Amazon Luxembourg...
  - illiac786 1y ago
    I still think we’re better off with the EU than without. Imagine trumps tariff war without the EU. He would have crushed every country individually… The deal is not great but it would have been worse. I just don’t see how they will enforce it. Will they force telegram and signal to exit the EU app stores? The won’t offer a different app in the EU.
    - netsharc 1y ago
      It's better than the shitshow that people like Farage, LePen, Orban, maybe Miloni too, want; but it's still far from great, competent governance...

Conversely, this and EU Chat Control are precisely why the powers that be will ensure it will happen. The importance of FOSS mobile OSes is greater than ever now.

permo-w 1y ago

if we're talking about the EU, for a provider the size of Google, not allowing third party application installs is illegal in the EU under the Digital Markets Act

Palmik 1y ago
This doesn't necessarily mean they can't introduce developer verification process. (Meaning only Google verified and approved developers would be able to distribute APKs) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45411426 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45411426 It's really quite worrying how all these things (age verification, chat control, side-loading prevention, etc.) seem to be coming to bear in tandem across many countries.
- ath3nd 1y ago
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illiac786 1y ago

Still waiting to see chatcontrol happen. Maybe I’m naive, but I don’t believe it will happen.

netsharc 1y ago
As an EU citizen, I never doubt the ability for the EU to do the wrong thing... The current European Commision president: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/zensursula https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/zensursula The previous president, Juncker, was the premier who made Luxembourg a taxhaven. Nowadays buying from Amazon in Europe you still get a purchase receipt from Amazon Luxembourg...
- illiac786 1y ago
  I still think we’re better off with the EU than without. Imagine trumps tariff war without the EU. He would have crushed every country individually… The deal is not great but it would have been worse. I just don’t see how they will enforce it. Will they force telegram and signal to exit the EU app stores? The won’t offer a different app in the EU.
  - netsharc 1y ago
    It's better than the shitshow that people like Farage, LePen, Orban, maybe Miloni too, want; but it's still far from great, competent governance...