Hans-Christoph Steiner @eighthave@librem.one
Joined Aug 2019
Hey UX designers of the world! And all you people making #software! How about we stop making ever more complicated methods of managing #notifications, #DoNotDisturb, #DigitalWellness etc and instead focus on reducing the amount of time-on-screen spent for each task? We need to stop thinking about #engagement and think about #efficiency. We need to recognize the nature of #DigitalMedia makes us forget about the analog world. Being #online exacerbates that.
Hans-Christoph Steiner
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The era of unchecked tech monopolies is over.
We're taking decisive action to enforce open, fair, and contestable digital markets.
Our measures had real consequences:
🛡️ Fined major platforms for anti-competitive practices and ignoring consumer data choices
⌚ Required strict hardware interoperability for smartwatches and connected wearables
☁️ Launched three investigations into dominance in cloud services and into search engines hiding media
Accountability is here 👉 https://link.europa.eu/YTddh6
Hans-Christoph Steiner
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Hans-Christoph Steiner
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"This case is one of the major judicial tests of the EU’s interoperability obligations under the #DMA. This law aims at preventing large technology companies from unfairly locking out competitors. The FSFE seeks to enforce the DMA in a #FreeSoftware developer friendly way" - Lucas Lasota, FSFE Legal Programme Manager
Find out more: https://fsfe.org/news/2026/news-20260519-01.en.html
Hans-Christoph Steiner
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Europe imported a record amount of fossil gas in 2025. Trump's US now supplies 58% of the EU's #LNG (source: ACER).
Europe is handing its energy supply to Trump.
Fossil gas means dependency. Renewables mean security.
Stop the deals. Sign now 👇
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/act/stop-fossil-gas/ #StopFossilGas
Joined Aug 2019
