We have published an open letter to Google opposing the Android Developer Verification Program with over 30 organizations as signatories: https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/

[maikel@vmst.io]

@keepandroidopen how's this even happening ? Didn't the EU force them both to allow 3rd-party stores ?

[docta_gervais@social.tchncs.de]

@maikel @keepandroidopen
They did, and the text also mentions that gatekeepers are allowed to take reasonable mesures to preserve the security of the platforms (here, Android). Technically, Google's announced change does not block third-party stores. It just forces them to go through another form of gatekeeping.

[maikel@vmst.io]

@docta_gervais this is the same as the no cookies policy.

We still get the cookies, just with extra annoying pop-ups where "no" is in very small print or directly hidden.

We need better legislators with better knowledge of how tech works.

@keepandroidopen

[docta_gervais@social.tchncs.de]

@maikel @keepandroidopen

DMA III. 6.4: "The gatekeeper shall not be prevented from taking, to the extent that they are strictly necessary and proportionate, measures to ensure that third-party software applications or software application stores do not endanger the integrity of the hardware or operating system provided by the gatekeeper, provided that such measures are duly justified by the gatekeeper."

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32022R1925#006.004

[docta_gervais@social.tchncs.de]

@maikel @keepandroidopen
The EU did learn something from the cookie debacle in GDPR: in the DMA regulation that came after they explicitly specified that (another) user consent could only be asked once per year. That avoids the "ask users until they say yes" problem.

[maikel@vmst.io]

@docta_gervais thank you @keepandroidopen

[vekkq@social.vivaldi.net]

@maikel @docta_gervais Its the businesses who decide what they collect and process. GDPR makes them only report those to you, which is a good thing. The bad thing is that soo many businesses collect your data and they take any excuse they get.

[weizenspreu@chaos.social]

@maikel @docta_gervais @keepandroidopen Recital 50 Subparagraph 2 of the DMA: „[…] The gatekeeper should be prevented from implementing such measures as a default setting or as pre-installation.“

[cnx@awkward.place]

@captainepoch@stereophonic.space, is @husky@stereophonic.space interested in signing?

[ruisan@masto.es]

@derderwish @keepandroidopen context?

[derderwish@social.chaotikum.org]

@ruisan @keepandroidopen Sorry, it was meant to be a response to another post. ‍

[ruisan@masto.es]

@derderwish @keepandroidopen no problem