Hans-Christoph Steiner @eighthave@librem.one

On 21 October the FSFE is participating as intervener in the hearing of the Apple vs.@EUCommission case at the Court of Justice of the EU 🇪🇺 .

This case is a milestone in the enforcement of the #DMA, and it will shape the future of #FreeSoftware and fair digital markets.

💪 Support us so we can keep defending user rights against big tech monopolies!

https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20250922-01.en.html

Spot the mistake

#wealthtax #taxtherich

We're not only building #opensource, we're also using open source - whether it's Odoo, Nextcloud, Matrix, Drupal. What are your favorite open-source tools? 😎

@eighthave
Yes, that's true - I didn't consider replacing the disabled apps with something conflicting. That _could_ however potentially be added to the disabling function.

We've hinted before how the #EU #DMA discussions take place, anyone can see them on video from home, but it's a different thing to be able to roam there.

#FDroid's @eighthave was on the floor and brings us the lowdown.

You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll say "lawyers!!!", but don't turn your eyes away, this is how the sausage is made, raw, straight from the pipe: https://f-droid.org/2025/09/18/ec-dma-compliance-workshops.html

Don't forget to submit the DMA form! 😄

/PS: Yes, the subtitles grow as you read, we're making a point here!

@eighthave The two most adopted mobile operating systems are proprietary.

@EUCommission, #FreeSoftware is key for fairness and contestability of the #DMA.

We’re taking another step in building a sustainable financial base as a non-profit. Today, we’re announcing new hosting and support offerings, tailored for larger organisations and public institutions. These enable organisations to own their social identities, on their own infrastructure.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/09/service-offerings-from-mastodon/

Android published new APIs that seem to confirm that your phone will phone home when you install apps. It will refuse installation when you are offline or developer got blocked by Google:
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageInstaller#DEVELOPER_VERIFICATION_FAILED_REASON_NETWORK_UNAVAILABLE

Learn how ICE is getting data from our phones, license plates, even tax data, and why we have to work together to protect our communities, from KQED News and EFF's @cooperq:
https://www.kqed.org/news/12055606/how-ice-is-using-your-data-and-what-you-can-do-about-it

C'est avec beaucoup de peine que nous avons appris mardi soir le départ de Lovis IX, cofondateur d'Exodus Privacy, président actuel de l'association et surtout ami.

Hacktiviste vindicatif, il savait en découdre avec les administrations et nous a aidé à en découdre avec les pisteurs. Que ce soit au clavier avec ses bons mots ou au pétrin avec son pain, il avait à cœur de nourrir les personnes qu'il rencontrait. Ses râleries autant que ses blagues nous manqueront.

Part three of our legal series is live, and stuff becomes serious.

We spoke with a range of legal experts, software freedom advocates, and maintainers of mature FOSS infrastructure to understand how others manage legal take-down requests.

Free ten minutes for: https://f-droid.org/2025/09/10/how-foss-projects-handle-legal-takedown-requests.html

It seems that together with civil society and politicians who actually care, this time we managed to prevent #chatcontrol again, luckily. Can we please not have to do that anymore?

@suka_hiroaki @epicenter_works @xot @bpreneel @carmelatroncoso @cascremers @tho

We (over 50 scientists) have put (yet another) open letter to the EU commission online, detailing while we do not believe anything has changed in the recent iteration of #chatcontrol proposals that would make it any less unsafe: https://csa-scientist-open-letter.org/Sep2025

Please boost. Next week there will be (another) decision!

CC @signalapp @suka_hiroaki @epicenter_works @xot @bpreneel @carmelatroncoso @cascremers @tho

We did it: DE 🇩🇪 LU🇱🇺 & SK🇸🇰 just decided to oppose Chat Control! 🥳

Thanks everyone for your help and keep fighting the good fight. 🫶

Chat Control will not get a majority - at least not today.

More on why it is the most criticized law of all times: https://tuta.com/blog/chat-control-criticism