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Lots of folks speculating about AirDrop working on the Pixel, if it was reverse engineering or asking if Apple might break the compatibility. The reality might be a bit more mundane. Seems Apple is just being forced to play by regulators' rules...
youtu.be/t2I9FyZdhbs
#tech #technology #technews #google #business #geek #gadgets #eu #dma #apple #android #ios
Android and AirDrop: Who Deserves the Credit for Getting This working?
TEAM SGG PATREON https://www.patreon.com/SomeGadgetGuy AirDrop now works on Pixel phones! Did Google reverse engineer Apple's popular file sharing protocol? ...YouTube
RE: gultsch.social/@daniel/1115289…
I knew pretty early that the EU regulation for IM interoperability is not going the way we want it to go. However the regulator is now looking at push services (FCM, APNS) and I believe we can make some real impact there. We have working solutions and our demands are significantly more actionable.
Daniel Gultsch (@daniel@gultsch.social)
I don’t know what I was expecting but it looks more and more like the Messaging Interoperability the EU promised will be each gatekeeper essentially publishing their client to server protocol and then you can either use multi protocol messengers or t…Daniel Gultsch (Mastodon)
📣 Hey, #Google "disable" Google apps is not "uninstalling" them. You can't dodge the EU’s #DMA rules by redefining language.
👏 Thanks to @fsfe and allies, a complaint has been filed to stop this abuse and protect user freedom.
💪 Support the FSFE's fight for digital rights: my.fsfe.org/donate
🔠 In Google’s Alphabet, C stands for control, not compliance.
That’s why with @article19, @fsfe, @HomoDigitalisGR @vrijschrift, we have filed a formal #DMA complaint vs. Alphabet.
Despite clear rules, Android users can’t uninstall pre-installed Google apps, only disable them.
This is deceptive design that limits real choice.
📣 We urge @EU_Commission to act & enforce the #digitalmarketsact.
Read the full complaint ➡️ edri.org/wp-content/uploads/20…
DMA: tell us how gatekeepers are handling your interoperability requests - FSFE
Free Software developers: your voice is needed! The Free Software Foundation Europe has launched the Digital Markets Act Interoperability Survey to gather ...FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe
I'm hiring a PhD student in Copenhagen, Denmark to do #HCI research on #privacy and #interoperability in messaging apps!
This is a fully funded 3-year position in the Copenhagen campus of Aalborg University. The student will join my project "mInt" (for "messaging interoperability" ;)) and will be co-supervised by me and @nielsvanberkel .
More info and application form here: stillinger.aau.dk/phd-stilling…. Deadline is May 18.
#hci #interoperability #messaging #dma #phd
PhD Stipend in Human-Computer Interaction Principles for Messaging Interoperability
The PhD position is supported by the project mInt: Human-centered design principles for effective management of social boundaries in interoperable t...Aalborg Universitet
📣 #DMA: European Commission falls short on interoperability requirements for Apple
Despite initial promising steps, the @EUCommission 's measures on Apple’s compliance with interoperability procedures under the Digital Markets Act fall short.
The less stringent obligations on API documentation and long deadlines for interoperability solutions will impact how #FreeSoftware projects get interoperability from Apple.
fsfe.org/news/2025/news-202504…
DMA: European Commission falls short on interoperability requirements for Apple - FSFE
Despite initial promising steps, the European Commission’s measures on Apple’s compliance with interoperability procedures under the Digital Markets Act fa...FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe
It’s time for real interoperability. Let’s make it happen.
The #DMA targets walled gardens and messaging interoperability. Meta, the designated gatekeeper, offers an solution that falls short of its goals.
The XMPP Standards Foundation (@xmpp) publishes an Open Letter to Meta, to advocate for adoption of #XMPP for messaging interoperability.
The letter: xmpp.org/announcements/open-le…
Technical briefing: xmpp.org/announcements/open-le…
The corresponding blog post: xmpp.org/2025/03/open-letter-t…
#XSF Announcement
Today the #XMPP Standards Foundation publishes an Open Letter to urge #Meta to adopt XMPP for messaging #interoperability.
It’s time for real interoperability. Let’s make it happen.
xmpp.org/announcements/open-le…
#jabber #chat #rtc
#opensource #decentralization #standard #dma
"Google’s DMA compliance plan is a sham. […] If Apple’s proposal was a slap in the face, Google’s is a middle finger — both to the European Commission and to you."
proton.me/blog/google-bundling…
#Google #DMA #monopoly #gatekeeper
Google’s DMA compliance plan is a sham
Google is defying the EU Commission and refusing to give people more control over how they use their Android phones.Andy Yen (Proton)
Thanks to the #DMA, #Google can not get away with their anti-competitive behavior! 💪
Read the full story on Google taking away 90% of Tuta's visibility:
➡️ tuta.com/blog/google-search-pr…
And what Google has to say to this on #Reuters
➡️reuters.com/technology/google-…
Google Search Is A Problem: How Google Is Crushing Tuta.
Google stopped showing our website in its search results, possibly in violation of the DMA.Tutanota
It’s time to start using a privacy focused browser! 👩🏻💻🔐
The EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) is forcing Apple to give users a default browser choice.
Which default browser did you pick and why? 💻
Read more here: tuta.com/blog/apple-default-br…
Apple is finally giving you the choice: Take it and install a private browser right now!
The Digital Markets Act requires Apple and Google to give users a browser choice. I call on everyone reading this: This is time to join the privacy revolution!Tutanota
So here's my experience of installing and testing @altstore
First off I went to altstore.io and purchased #AltStore using Safari on my iPhone SE (iOS 17.4.1). I got directed to a download page and clicking the download button pops up an error message.
#Apple #JustWorksNot #DMA
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It's pretty unsavory how everybody talks about #MarketPlaces when it comes to platforms for distributing apps. I guess because of #DMA. But it's important to take a step back once in a while and appreciate that like many other #FOSS platforms #FDroid is not a maket place, it's a #commons.
Google is crushing Tuta via search results.
Intentional or not, as a gatekeeper #Google must offer fair competition for our private email service Tuta Mail - a direct competitor to #Gmail.
Google must stop its abuse of power which is in violation of the EU #DMA.
👉 tuta.com/blog/google-search-pr…
Google Search Is A Problem: How Google Is Crushing Tuta.
Google stopped showing our website in its search results, possibly in violation of the DMA.Tutanota
Today, we have opened five non-compliance investigations under the Digital Markets Act.
It concerns:
🔹Alphabet’s rules on steering in Google Play
🔹Alphabet’s self-preferencing in Google Search
🔹Apple’s rules on steering in the App Store
🔹Apple's choice screen for Safari
🔹Meta’s ‘pay or consent model’
More info: europa.eu/!4NF6bV
Apple's response to its ~$2 billion fine is telling.
It's the same mentality Apple shows with the #DMA.
This must be the start of the #EU's crackdown on #BigTech. 💪
Here's why we're in revolt against #Apple's malicious compliance with the DMA
➡️ tuta.com/blog/apple-eu-dma-mal…
Apple's malicious compliance: app sideloading will remain impossible on your iPhone
Apple follows EU Digital Markets Act by introducing hefty fines for independent software developers. Expensive fees will restrict the use of alternative app installation.Tutanota
I’m not sure who’s to blame in the #EU for giving up to the lobbying efforts of #Apple and #Microsoft (I can’t think of anything short of either public official corruption or macroscopic incompetence behind the last minute partial reversal of the #DMA definition of “gatekeeper” for the two most valuable companies in the world), but these are some consequences of this decision:
- If Apple isn’t labelled as a gatekeeper when it comes to #iMessage (an app used by 1.3B people), then they won’t have to comply and open up their walled garden to 3rd-party clients - while, for example, Messenger and WhatsApp will have to comply, despite having similar numbers of users.
- If Microsoft isn’t labelled as a gatekeeper when it comes to #Edge (a piece of software installed as the default browser on an OS used by at least 1.5B people), then they’ll be free to keep rewriting
https://URLs asmicrosoft-edge:https://just for the sake of intercepting everything and breaking compatibility, they’ll no longer have to provide browser selection pop-ups on fresh Windows installations, and they can keep opening all the web views and PWA on Windows devices in their own browser without providing alternatives - while, for example, Chrome and Safari will have to comply.
Shame on the EU for bending to them. They have just lost a huge chunk of credibility, and nobody should trust them the next time that they say that they want to uphold the same principles to everyone. Shame on these companies and on their lobbying efforts. Shame on everybody who still uses their products and gives them so much undeserved leverage.
The DMA and the “gatekeeper” definition was supposed to be the proof that these companies are now run by responsible adults. Being a “gatekeeper” is the acknowledgment that you are running platforms used by billions, and with great power comes great responsibility - towards society, towards regulators, towards the rules of the open market, towards your own competitors.
My employer might be included on the list soon as well, and I’m more than happy to comply. Large tech companies like ours have enjoyed lavish profits and outrageous market shares and ignored anti-competition laws for too long: now it’s time to prove that we’re all grown ups who want to play by the rules.
Instead, Apple and Microsoft have unleashed their overpaid legal counsels and lobbying crews, who have engaged in a pathetic dance to gaslight Brussels officials, and force them to say that one of the largest messaging platforms and one of the most used browsers in the world, run by the two companies with the highest evaluations in the world, for some reason are not expected to play by the rules written for everyone else.
Shame on them, and shame on the childish sociopaths who run them.
theregister.com/2024/02/14/app…
Europe loosens the straps tying Apple and Microsoft to tough antitrust rules
Did someone say a safety word? iMessage, Bing, Edge, Ads avoid gatekeeper restrictionsThomas Claburn (The Register)
Blazing fast Matrix, Native E2EE Group Calls, state of the art auth and potential WhatsApp interop.
Matthew covers the last year in Matrix and how it can be used to speed up the opening of communications silo required by the EU Digital Markets Act
#matrix #e2ee #voip #oidc #dma #whatsapp #silos
FOSDEM 2024 - Opening up communication silos with Matrix 2.0 and the EU Digital Markets Act
What role does Matrix play in opening up communications silo, as mandated by the EU Digital Markets Act? Matthew walks us through this, after a general updat...YouTube
NEW: WhatsApp will soon make it possible to chat with people who use other messaging apps. It's revealed some more details on how that will work.
— Apps will need to sign an agreement with Meta, then connect to its servers.
— Meta wants people to use the Signal Protocol, but also says other encryption protocols can be used if they can meet WhatsApp's standards
— WhatsApp has been testing with Matrix in recent months, although nothing is agreed yet. Swiss app Threema says it won't become interoperable
wired.com/story/whatsapp-inter… #tech #whatsapp #dma #infosec #news #technology
WhatsApp Chats Will Soon Work With Other Encrypted Messaging Apps
New EU rules mean WhatsApp and Messenger must be interoperable with other chat apps. Here’s how that will work.Matt Burgess (WIRED)
We remain excited about the Digital Markets Act and the push for interoperability: wired.com/story/whatsapp-inter…
If you didn't catch the main stage talk from Matthew, Matrix's project lead, at FOSDEM, we encourage you to watch the recording once it's posted online: fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event…
#Matrix #Interoperability #OpenSource #OpenStandards #FOSS #FOSDEM #ProtocolsNotPlatforms #EUPol #DMA
WhatsApp Chats Will Soon Work With Other Encrypted Messaging Apps
New EU rules mean WhatsApp and Messenger must be interoperable with other chat apps. Here’s how that will work.Matt Burgess (WIRED)
I'm very excited to be presenting at FOSDEM in February! I've been working on messaging interoperability for about 2 years now with much of that focus being on developing an open standard for that exact purpose. We'll be exploring how #Matrix works as an existing decentralized open standard for *interoperable* communications, and how other protocol development work interacts with Matrix.
Join me for a technical look at #MIMI, #DMA, and the Matrix protocol: fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event…
In the many discussions about #threads promise to add #activitypub support, regulations such as the #DMA and the #DSA, as well as the Canadian Online News Act have come up.
In this piece I dive deep into the specific articles of the Acts to see if they might impact Meta's decision making.
Read it at
fediversereport.com/making-sen…
Making sense of Threads and regulation
The launch of Threads, with its promise of adding ActivityPub support in the future, is hotly debated.fediversereport.com
"Poor" #BigTech will have to comply with the #DMA, despite their intense lobbying. 😭
tutanota.com/blog/posts/dma-ba…
DMA: Security Implications of New EU Anti-Trust Laws
The Digital Markets Act vs the Gatekeepers – a balancing actTutanota
After 15 months of intense negotiations, the Digital Markets Act becomes the first significant law to regulate gatekeepers.
Finally, the #DMA will limit the power of Big Tech! 🥳
This will give users more choice & better privacy. 💪
Read more: 👉 tutanota.com/blog/posts/digita…
Big Tech lobby efforts failed to defang the Digital Markets Act!
With the DMA, EU adopts the strongest antitrust laws for digital companies we’ve seen to date.Tutanota
can't #DMA regulation do something about that? Like, a collective action against Google and Microsoft to force them to interop at email level
cc @SuVergnolle
The EU has created a unique opportunity for users of one of the most important and privacy sensitive online ecosystems to regain freedom of choice and sovereignty over their data.
More about this in
@matrix founder @matthew's blog post about a recent EU workshop: matrix.org/blog/2023/03/15/the…
IETF115 Trip Report (Can Matrix help messaging standardisation through MIMI?)
artificialworlds.net/blog/2022…
It was great fun attending the MIMI BoF at IETF, trying to fix the Internet.
🎉So excited to see the #DMA officially landing! Next up: ensure the implementation is made easy and supports the spirit of the law...🤞A lot of work left to be done, but things are moving!💙
RT @SamuelStolton@twitter.com
The Digital Markets Act (DMA) has this morning been published in the EU's rulebooks: eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten…
RT @BertuzLuca@twitter.com
BREAKING Both the #DMA and #DSA have been adopted in the European Parliament with a very broad majority.
🐦🔗: twitter.com/BertuzLuca/status/…
i'm derek, he/him. currently in central california and have lived in new york for a bit too
originally went through #music school up through #dma (lol i'd be surprised if that hashtag actually worked and referred to doctor of musical arts) studying #percussion with aspirations of being a "new music" percussionist but didn't stick the landing in music academia. i got a #math degree somewhere along the way and had been getting heavily into #computermusic and #creativecoding sorts of things working at a media lab during the dma so when covid, hit decided to go back to (online) grad school studying computer science. things i'm really into studying cs-wise are #ai/#ml things (more leaning on the ai-side but we'll see) and "soft-cs"/"extra-cs" sorta intersectional things like #hci and #education and starting to read about #computationalcreativity and other things. not sure where my cs studies will go yet but it'd be nice be able to research ai things more. also, i'm really into #foss / #linux sorta things.
other things i'm into are anime and manga (mostly iyashikei, mecha, and ikuhara things), video games, riichi mahjong, animals (mostly cats, sea otters and puffins), stars are cool, and also vast desolate expanses.
think my website better sums up things: derekxkwan.com/
RT @ovoss@twitter.com
Der #DMA ermöglicht künftig die Kommunikation zwischen verschiedenen #Messengern. Bei der technischen Umsetzung der #Interoperabilität gibt es einige Fragen, manche Whatsapp-Konkurrenten sind daher skeptisch. @ara4n@twitter.com sieht dagegen ganz neue Möglichkeiten background.tagesspiegel.de/dig…
RT @corintxt@twitter.com
Another thoughtful take on #DMA legislation & messaging interoperability from @ara4n@twitter.com of @matrixdotorg@twitter.com. It does seem like e2e challenges are hard to ignore, but there are lots of positives that shouldn't be dismissed.
matrix.org/blog/2022/03/29/how…
