As the EU’s new flagship tech laws, the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act, are coming into full application, Big Tech is working hard to shoot them down. As of today, the Digital Markets Act (DMA) becomes fully applicable, following its counterpart the Digital Services Act (DSA) on 17 February.
However, as the EU’s new tech laws are coming into full application, tech corporations like Apple, Amazon, Meta and TikTok are already undermining them at every turn. To subvert these new regulations, tech corporations have filed a number of lawsuits against the European Commission and attempted to weaken the rules with malicious compliance that protects their profits at the expense of their users.
Oh yeah, the thing with Apple, 3rd party stores and sideloading is a good example of this. Whenever the EU announced it everyone jumped into conclusions saying there would be sideloading while I kept saying they could get away with a few tweaks to the Enterprise program just to get bashed by people.
Now here we are today with the new iOS and there’s no real sideloading for anyone, simply a special Enterprise certificate that allows for 3rd party stores, Apple still having to vet every single application that goes into those stores an attempt at retaliation that almost lead to the end of PWAs (that are commonly used to get around Apple’s bullshit policies).
Oh wow, your assesment of the situation was very accurate. 👌
We need to organise and stand up.
We are techies (I’m assuming that at least most of us are), and we want stronger EU customer and end user rights (ditto), so let’s do something about it.
How about we code a platform that lets people get in touch with each other and report such abuse? With the added benefit that such “similarly disgruntled” groups of people could readily start class action lawsuits at the European Level.
Who’s with me??
Where do I sign?
These bastards need to stop profiling and stocking people, gaslighting violent discourses and playing dumb when asked to respect the law.
Feed them with their own soup. Start publishing the names of the law firms that file their lawsuits, as well as the names of the associates who carry their dirty work.
