Head of the Signal app threatens to withdraw from Europe

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Head of the Signal app threatens to withdraw from Europe - Lemmy.zip

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Signal CEO Whittaker said that in the worst case scenario, they would work with partners and the community to see if they could find ways to circumvent these rules. Signal also did this when the app was blocked in Russia or Iran. “But ultimately, we would leave the market before we had to comply with dangerous laws like these.”

This is why we need the ability to sideload apps.

That means nothing when the servers stop taking EU traffic. I get your point, but the real solution here is putting a bullet (double tap) in Chat Control, once and for all.

putting a bullet (double tap) in Chat Control,

Yes, please.

once and for all.

LOL, no. They’ll come back again with some other bullshit to Save the Children!™, it’s a never-ending whack-a-mole.

And they only have to win once, we have to fight and win every time they introduce a new variant. Its exhausting.