Hans-Christoph Steiner @eighthave@librem.one
Joined Aug 2019
Hans-Christoph Steiner
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Thank you @grote for sharing this.
In addition to telling #Google that locking down #Android is bad, I'd also recommend every app developer to write to the @EUCommission's #DMA enforcement team and tell them that this practically circumvents Article 6(4) of the #DigitalMarketsAct, which was supposed to *enable* 3rd party app (stores).
The EC is discussing the same question with #Apple atm and they have to understand what happens if they let this happen.
Contact form:
https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/contact-dma-team_en
Hans-Christoph Steiner
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Alas, it is time for more uncomfortable questions, in this case regarding the announced Android developer verification program: https://commonsware.com/blog/2025/08/26/uncomfortable-questions-android-developer-verification.html #AndroidDev
@commonsguy really great questions, thanks for writing this up! Also, this is the kind of stuff the #EuropeanCommission needs to enforce the #DigitalMarketsAct as well as competition authorities in other countries. If you'd like to get involved with providing feedback directly to governments, let me know, and I'll make the introductions!
@s3nnet @fdroidorg great! If you'd like to contribute to the official translation, join here:
https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/f-droid/website-posts/de/
Hans-Christoph Steiner
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Let's carry on our legal series, in part two we will discuss jurisdiction, legal entities and liability in #FLOSS #FOSS.
Ever wondered “What laws apply to #FDroid ?" We had to...
Just 12 minutes of your time: https://f-droid.org/2025/08/20/legat-two.html
(And yes, that typo in the URL will stay there forever 🙄)
Joined Aug 2019
