arstechnica , to Random
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Apple will bring sideloading and other EU-mandated changes to iPadOS this fall

Company also updates fee policy for devs who don't use Apple's App Store.

https://arstechnica.com/apple/2024/05/apple-must-open-ipados-to-sideloading-within-6-months-eu-says/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

AndyGER ,
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@arstechnica Better you thank the now because it may not exist much longer due to far-right fascists and Wladimir Putin ... 🇪🇺

arstechnica , to Random
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Apple, Google, and Meta are failing DMA compliance, EU suspects

Tech giants must defend against EU's "concrete evidence" of non-compliance.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/03/apple-google-and-meta-are-failing-dma-compliance-eu-suspects/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Alb_ ,
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@arstechnica

Time for the EU to crack down on big tech companies who don't respect the most elementary privacy protection rules.

For once, the EU is prime.

Time of arrogance and impunity must come to an end.

Time to regain a sane and free technological environment.

aral , to Random
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snarfed.org and brid.gy for bridging fediverse folks to Bluesky against their will (and in likely contravention of GDPR in the EU) with typical Silicon Valley techbro sense of entitlement:

“[O]pt in results in far fewer users, and users are critical for a bridge to be useful.”¹

Relevant GitHub issue: https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/835

¹ https://snarfed.org/2023-11-27_re-introducing-bridgy-fed

HT @homegrown

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