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I don't understand how this is legal in the EU under the DMA, does anyone know?
by stavros 4mo ago
I don't understand how this is legal in the EU under the DMA, does anyone know?
- pimeys 4mo agoI already contacted the DMA authorities and complained how this has an effect on German diabetes communities and they replied that I am not the first one who approaches them on this and they are already investigating it. Google is just trying how far they can push this.
- stavros 4mo agoExcellent, I emailed them too but no reply yet. Yeah, given that we should be able to choose what app store to install, this seems wildly illegal.
- sebastiennight 4mo agoDo you have any pointers on how to find the correct authority and reach out? I'd like to inform my EU audience.
- pimeys 4mo agoYes. From here: https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/contact-dma-team_en https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/contact-dma-team_en
- kodebach 4mo agoSince Apples App Store is DMA compliant, the EU won't do anything against this far less restrictive change from Google.
- hurfdurf 4mo agohttps://www.eu-digital-markets-act.com/Digital_Markets_Act_Article_6.html https://www.eu-digital-markets-act.com/Digital_Markets_Act_A... Art 6 (4). Read it to the end. That's how.
- tsimionescu 4mo agoI don't get what part of that your think enables them to deny access to third parties distributing their apps on alternate stores. If you're referring to the last paragraph, that very explicitly says that any such security must be an optional setting that is not default. So unless users opt into verified only apps, Google can't force that, according to the DMA.
- hurfdurf 4mo agoMaybe not, but reading their blog posts about ADV next to the DMA text, that's certainly the angle they are trying. And it will be years if it ever comes to a court hearing. And the setting is "optional", just do the 24h-waiting song and dance to change it, or use ADB. /s
- murderfs 4mo agoThis is arguably required by Article 30 of the EU Digital Services Act.
- surajrmal 4mo agoThe same way Apple is allowed to do it presumably.
- stavros 4mo agoIt's not.
- surajrmal 4mo agoOh? I'm not familiar with any fines or ongoing cases against Apple in the EU over their implementation of alternative app store support.