#TIL about #MOBIFREE;

"The Freedom in Human-centred and Ethical Mobile Software (MOBIFREE) project works to give European citizens and organizations more choice in, and access to, human-centred and ethical mobile software."

https://mobifree.org/#how-it-works

#HatTip to the @fdroidorg folks who are a partner in this project, and referenced it in their retrospective on 2025;

https://f-droid.org/en/2026/01/23/fdroid-in-2025-strengthening-our-foundations-in-a-changing-mobile-landscape.html

#EU #EthicalTech #MobileComputing

📌 NLnet Foundation announcement: welcome aboard 17 #free and #opensource projects to contribute to the three NGI Pilot programmes! 🤩
These programmes each focus on a specific domain:
🎯 NGI #Taler works on privacy-preserving digital payments,
🎯 NGI #Fediversity builds the hosting stack of the future,
🎯 NGI #Mobifree is liberating the mobile landscape.

Read what each project is working on 👇
https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20251226-project-selection-pilots.html

@nlnet #NGI0 #NGIZero #fossfunding #OpenSoftware #openhardware

This week in #FDroid (TWIF) is live too:

* More #NGI #NLnet #Mobifree funded projects
* More ways to shape #EU #DMA legislation
* #ExodusPrivacy might need a hand
* #Syncthing #SyncthingFork v2 on Android, backup and import your settings
+ 2 new apps
& 164 more updates
- 2 archived apps

On your marks, get set, Sync: https://f-droid.org/2025/09/11/twif.html

Just submitted a proposal to @nlnet #NGI #Mobifree to support the development of remaining features, our upcoming larger internal beta UX study, interoperability research, and improving developer onboarding.

Getting that support would be an amazing push towards bringing privacy friendly contact details and location sharing to the masses 🚀

The signs were in plain sight:

✅ having a dev funded to work on the Client
✅ our support of #NGI
✅ #FDroid being a key partner in #Mobifree
✅ splitting client functionality into libs
✅ wrestling with #targetsdk
✅ dipping our toes into #MaterialDesign

What do all these compound to? All revealed in https://f-droid.org/2025/04/29/mobifree-client-funding.html

Nice project, the mobifree project to give European 🇪🇺 citizens and organizations more choice in, and access to, human-centred and ethical mobile software.

https://mobifree.org

My son has been chosen to participate in one of the usergroups and is now attending the first session in Amsterdam @waag to receive a test Fairphone with @e_mydata . Curious to follow this project!

#mobifree #/e/os #privacy #ethics

"Dutch parliament calls for end to dependence on US software companies" -> any government, business or NGO in Holland that wishes to start doing this for their organizational:

1. Smartphones

2. Mobile Device Management (MDM)

3. Online collaborative workspace

Please drop me a message! I'm always happy to discuss our business offering at Murena (www.murena.com/business)

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/dutch-parliament-calls-end-reliance-us-software-2025-03-18/

#Digital #ICT #IT #MDM #EMM #DMA #DSA #EC #Mobifree #OpenSource #Privacy #Freedom #Mobile

@gael