Hans-Christoph Steiner @eighthave@librem.one
Joined Aug 2019
Just finished a 10 hour day doing volunteer work on #DigitalMarketsAct #AndroidDeveloperVerification and related #policy things. It is really important work, especially for #FOSS @fdroidorg and more. It is quite interesting, I only wish I could get paid to do it so I could engage more. The #EuropeanCommission and others would certainly welcome more input from people like me.
#Apple says the #EU #DigitalMarketsAct delays features by a couple months, and advises other governments not to follow the #DMA example.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgj9kjmvzzo
Perhaps. What is clear is that the DMA brings real gains in interoperability. For example, because of the DMA, #AirDrop now can work between #iOS and #Android
I think this same pressure also got Apple to implement #RCS to provide encrypted text messages between the #mobile #duopoly operating systems.
The #EpicVsGoogle settlement has shifted to apply globally while watering down the terms. This is worse for #US users without providing much in exchange. Why would #Google accept global scope? Because it is clear that #DigitalMarketsAct and laws like force them to open up anyway, so Google doesn't lose by agreeing to global applicability. In exchange, Google gains weakened terms in the US, which is not pursuing something like the DMA
#EpicGames #DMA #EpicVGoogle #Android #GooglePlay #AntiTrust
Joined Aug 2019
