For the past 15 years, F-Droid has provided a safe and secure haven for Android users around the world to find and install free and open source apps. When co...
  • comrade_twisty@feddit.org
    125·
    1 day ago

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

    • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
      27·
      20 hours ago

      1. The EU hasn’t even been able to stop Apple from doing this shit.

      2. The EU is actively preventing their own people from leaving the Google ecosystem with the Play Integrity API in their own apps.

    • persona_non_gravitas@piefed.socialEnglish
      63·
      1 day ago

      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.

      • med@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        16 minutes 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?

      • doleoEnglish
        5·
        23 hours ago

        That’s the copy pasta I got, too!

    • mistermodal@lemmy.ml
      16·
      1 day ago

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