🌈 Lascapi ⁂Mar 4

Hi there, how do you understand the article: "Obligation for #gatekeepers on #interoperability of number-independent interpersonal communications services" in the #DigitalMarketsAct ???

Feel free to ask why, my question is big! ^^

#DMA #Meta #whatsapp #xmpp #fsfe

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2022/1925/2022-10-12#art_7

Jan PenfratMar 2

"The Belgian #Competition Authority announced Friday it has launched a formal investigation into #Google’s online #advertising business, over suspicions that the search giant may be in breach of the law.

The agency said that it would look into whether local #publishers and advertisers have become so reliant on Google’s infrastructure that they are left with no viable alternatives." - via Politico Europe

#antitrust #gatekeepers #belgium

Custard! 🍮Feb 27
#AlChileQueBueno que a #IBM se lo esté llevando la chingada, pinches #gatekeepers culeros
ChrisFeb 22
I made a page with most of my socials, and music streaming platforms where you can tune into the TRUTH #spotify #truth #music #sealed #amazonmusic #pandora #theft #gatekeepers #spoofeddashboards #lies #musicindustryfraud #1kthreshold #uniquelistenerfraud
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Show threadIzzyJan 28

For those attending #FOSDEM and interested in the topic: make sure to attend Marc's talk "Fear and Loathing in the App Stores: when FLOSS principles collide with the Gatekeeper interests" (https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/TYZH97-fear-loathing-app-stores/), which covers this topic. We will be there, and also be ready to answer questions.

Of course we can also be found at our stand in UD2-02 😉

Big thanks to @marcprux from the @fdroidorg board for picking this up!

#IzzyOnDroid #fdroid #FOSDEM2026 #resist #GateKeepers

FOSDEM 2026 - Fear and Loathing in the App Stores: when FLOSS principles collide with the Gatekeeper interests

Show threadmjJan 26
Mind you, the participants were largely aristocratic #elites, so this was a limited entry club & outsiders rare. This is a period when these elites were trusted as #gatekeepers & intermediaries. They self-funded & peer reviewed each other w/passioned polemic debates & reputation/ego management.
Susan VilleJan 7

🗨️ 👩🏽‍💻 Legally, the approach to this discussion is completely wrong. The truth is, Donald Trump is a war criminal and his cabinet is complicit in the genocide in #gaza—therefore, acc to international #law he has absolutely no legal basis to invade another country-

The motives of European imperialism here are irrelevant. If anyone should be arrested and convicted, it is Mr. Trump and his #US henchmen

#venezuela

#CrimesAgainstHumanity
#media = #gatekeepers of #crimes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ufT70x69ro

Communist Exposes Media's Hypocrisy on Venezuela

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Show threadKen M SweeneyJan 2
What’s striking is how outdated this looks.
We’re told the industry has evolved, yet the visual language hasn’t meaningfully changed since the 1990s — just better lighting and newer fonts.
Progress in rhetoric, stagnation on the shelf. 4)
#Gatekeepers
#PowerStructures
#CapitalismAndCulture
Hans-Christoph SteinerDec 23
Being sucked into #monopoly enforcement against #gatekeepers around the world has given me direct insight into why #AntiTrust enforcement is so important economically: monopolists spend huge sums on PR to sell things that people do not want. Organizations like @fdroidorg can spend next to zero money and some hours of volunteer time to pop PR bubbles that surely cost many millions. The money is so concentrated that lots is thrown at even stupid ideas just because the monopolists want it that way.
Show threadJan PenfratDec 10

@ondra I'm not so sure about that (but also lack confirmation). The #DMA does not only mandate #DataPortability with other #gatekeepers but for "end users and third parties authorised by an end user, at their request and free of charge" (see Art. 6(9) and (10) DMA).

This sounds very much like an open standard or at least publicly documented #API to me.