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F-Droid and Google's Developer Registration Decree | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository (f-droid.org)

submitted 1 week ago by ooli3@sopuli.xyz to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 130 points 1 week ago (5 children)

This is something the EU should really regulate, unfortunately they are busy regulating oat ~~milk~~ drink and veggie~~burgers~~.

[–] persona_non_gravitas@piefed.social 67 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I contacted the EU DMA team a while back. Part of the response:

We have taken note of your concerns and, while we cannot comment on ongoing dialogue with gatekeepers, these considerations will form part of our assessment of the justifications for the verification process provided by Google.

So at least some part of the bureaucracy are aware of it.

[–] doleo@lemmy.one 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That’s the copy pasta I got, too!

[–] BarHocker@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 week ago

Same

[–] med@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

The thing I don't understand about any of this, is why can't you comment on ongoing dialogues with the gatekeepers?

I understand the basic tenants of keeping the discussion closed until official statements can be prepared, to prevent the press and the public from going off half cocked. That makes sense for private matters.

This is not private. I can't understand what is the point of negotiating law for people if they can't even see the ongoing process?

[–] artyom@piefed.social 39 points 1 week ago

The EU hasn't even been able to stop Apple from doing this shit.
The EU is actively preventing their own people from leaving the Google ecosystem with the Play Integrity API in their own apps.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

the eu is way too busy chewing us boot atm

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 week ago

It's a banker's cartel. Nothing more.

[–] mistermodal@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm confused why so many open source developers think that the EU is going to be the foster parents of FOSS communities

[–] drspawndisaster@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 week ago

There's a real effort in some EU countries to fund FOSS projects to get out from under US dominated tech.

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago

It's because they did a thing with USB once

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Pretty sure the EU was designed to serve the interests of carnists and other capitalists.