ExLisperSep 7, 2023

EU unveils ‘revolutionary’ laws to curb big tech firms’ power

https://linux.community/post/85159

EU unveils ‘revolutionary’ laws to curb big tech firms’ power - Linux.Community

Haven’t seen any posts about this and it’s pretty big thing. For DMA website: Examples of the “do’s”: gatekeepers will for example have to: * allow third parties to inter-operate with the gatekeeper’s own services in certain specific situations; * provide companies advertising on their platform with the tools and information necessary for advertisers and publishers to carry out their own independent verification of their advertisements hosted by the gatekeeper; * allow their business users to promote their offer and conclude contracts with their customers outside the gatekeeper’s platform. Example of the “don’ts”: gatekeepers will for example no longer: * treat services and products offered by the gatekeeper itself more favourably in ranking than similar services or products offered by third parties on the gatekeeper’s platform; * prevent users from un-installing any pre-installed software or app if they wish so; * track end users outside of the gatekeepers’ core platform service for the purpose of targeted advertising, without effective consent having been granted. We’ll see how this plays out but this is first move in a very long time that could open up platform like WhatsApp to 3rd party clients and force Google and Apple to open their mobile OSes to other apps. Maybe we’ll see stock Android without play services? One can dream…

Show threadNocturnalMorningSep 7, 2023
Sounds too good to be true. Why is the EU so concerned about privacy when most individual countries dont care.
Show threadwarSep 7, 2023
I don't understand this question. The EU is not an entity separate from the countries that make up the EU. The EU is an entity made up of countries who have voluntarily chosen to be part of the EU, and who invest their resources in the EU in order to be able, through the organs of the EU, to do things that benefit themselves, i.e. the countries that make up the EU. The EU is not a foreign power from the point of view of any EU member state.
Show threadNocturnalMorningSep 7, 2023
Not really a question, more of a statement. The U.S., China, even UK, and probably more have incredibly poor privacy laws, and keep aiming to strip even more privacy away. I’m just curious whats different about the EU that makes them do something actually good for people.
Show threadQuazarOmega
Sometimes things are done out of the goodness of people’s hearts, which makes sense when policies are brought up by some individuals, but also opposed by others. Ultimately they usually land, maybe for the lesser power the big tech corporations hold over the EU, but also for a egoistical desire to safeguard one’s own privacy that everyone has to some extent, especially people in power
Sep 7, 2023 at 3:30pmWeb