I'm writing a blog piece about the Digital Markets Act in the EU, and legislation of the same name in the UK. As well as others laws in play or on the horizon to regulate digital services.
The #DigitalMarketsAct mandates Meta to "enable end users to freely choose to opt-in to [combining or cross-using personal data] by offering a less personalised but equivalent alternative".
When I pointed out to Meta that by offering users to either #consent to #SurveillanceAds or pay € 275 per year for #Instagram & #Facebook isn't "equivalent alternative" they said, Meta has to do that because of #GDPR 😤 Really??
"DSGVO-konform": Threads wohl wegen Digital Markets Act nicht in EU verfügbar
Während Dutzende Millionen in aller Welt Threads ausprobieren, ist die EU offiziell ausgesperrt. Verantwortlich ist nicht die DSGVO, sondern offenbar der DMA.
Their reluctant allowance of third-party app stores, #sideloading, & alternative payments is nothing more than an act of #malicious compliance by #apple 🍎
Nur für EU: Meta prüft wohl werbefreie Bezahlabos bei Facebook und Instagram
Laut New York Times prüft Meta die grundsätzlichste Abkehr vom eigenen Geschäftsmodell: In der EU könnten Facebook und Instagram ohne Werbung angeboten werden.
Nicht wegen DSGVO: Threads wohl wegen Digital Markets Act nicht in EU verfügbar
Während Dutzende Millionen in aller Welt Threads ausprobieren, ist die EU offiziell ausgesperrt. Verantwortlich ist nicht die DSGVO, sondern offenbar der DMA.
Unfaire Geschäftspraktiken: Südkorea droht Apple und Google mit Millionenstrafen
Apple und Google sollen beherrschende Stellung im App-Markt missbraucht haben. Kommunikationskommission will Strafen in Höhe von 50 Millionen Euro verhängen.
A partire da oggi a mezzanotte non potranno più ricorrere a pratiche sleali nei confronti di coloro che dipendono da loro - con multe fino al 20% del loro fatturato globale in caso di inadempienze multiple
It's clear #Apple doesn't want openness, alternatives and choice for their customers.
Even developers of free apps have to pay 50ct per installation per year if they reach more than 1 million installs and are distributed via an alternative app store. This is just insane 🤯
Apple lässt in der EU andere App-Stores auf dem iPhone zu
Apple reagiert auf rechtliche Vorgaben der EU und wird künftig die Installation von Apps aus Marktplätzen anderer Anbieter auf dem iPhone zulassen. Auch konkurrierende Bezahlmethoden werden gestattet.
So with the new #digitalMarketsAct forcing #WhatsApp to open their messaging to support third party apps, how do we feel about doing this to other gatekeeping platforms?
#PayPal very likely has more than 45 million users in the EU, and they have a messaging system built into the transactions. Surely it makes sense that they also need to open their messaging to third party apps.
I would love to be able to DM my friends on PayPal from #Signal.😂
#AAPL's recent changes to #PWA (#ProgressiveWebApp) functionality in #iOS, specifically in the #EU, has sparked outrage among #webdev. The company's late acknowledgment of intentionally limiting PWA capabilities, presented as compliance with the EU's #DigitalMarketsAct, has been criticized as deceitful. This move, seen as an attempt to protect its #appStore#monopoly, undermines open #webStandards and harms #developers and users.
(21st March 2023) Microsoft intends to launch a mobile app store (www.developer-tech.com)
Microsoft is planning to launch a mobile app store that will compete against the App Store and Play Store.