From 7 March, the designated gatekeepers – Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta, and Microsoft – must comply with all obligations in the Digital Markets Act.
These changes give you control of your:
📱 data: decide freely how your data is used
📱 phone: choose your default apps, browsers and search engines
📱 apps: install the apps you want and remove pre-installed apps
This one definetively is in the right directiion, it only came 'a bit late' and is way too short.
There is no choice, if soneone wants me to use WhatsApp, AirDrop or AirPlay.
In my private environment I can say 'no, thanks' (and socially isolate myself), but when it comes to companys (e.g. discounts), communities (e.g. soccer for kids) or public services (e.g. schools), I have no choice. I simply have to use a device that supports it.
Still no chance for other manufacturers or data sensible devices.
And it frees up time and energy, to put into #FreeSoftware systems like the #Fediverse. Not everyone needs to do it, but the more people who do, the more options expand for everyone.
More effort before a payoff, sure. But far less wasted effort when yet another platform submits to #enshittification.
I still have a happy social life and I am totally satisfied with the wonderful communication I have in the #fediverse since 2018. On my own instance. Because decentralisation ;)
(I still miss Google+, apologies if that doesn't fit your agenda ;)
Does anyone know if there is a maintained list of companies that are known to be hostile towards #DIY projects/products such as #HomeAssistant and #OpenSource? I think we need one to let companies know there are financial repercussions to their company if they choose a walled-garden and litigious approach to users and #developers of their products.
This article by #CoryDoctorow from 2010(!) is more valid than ever. Not just related to iPads but for the whole #Apple ecosystem. You rarely own an Apple device whose biggest value it only gets by accessing the walled gardens Apple has total control over.
It's for #consumers and not for people who want to play with their devices in a #creative way!
Besides: with Android apps like #Tasker I get so much value from my otherwise not so smart phone.
For purely political and financial reasons, #Apple forbids to offer and run such applications in its #walledgarden and an Apple "owner" can't do nothing about this.
Furthermore, there are many stories where Apple used their total power to get companies out of the Apple market in a very dubious way. They're not the people you want to absolutely depend on.
YouTube just confirmed it launched a "global effort" against users with ad blockers
Here's a tip... instead of subscribing to YouTube Premium or disabling your ad blocker, just subscribe to Nebula. It's what YouTube should have been in the first place, not the trash fire it is today
Another challenge I have is, I really want a Mac. But the platform goes against many of my ideals, it’s anti #righttorepair, it’s a #walledgarden, and though they are much more private than a Windows machine, they make questionable choices when it comes down to profits… which push me to #Linux.
Soziales Netzwerk Bluesky - eine echte Alternative zu X?
Die Plattform Bluesky könnte eine Alternative sein zum Kurznachrichten-Dienst X, der seit der Übernahme durch Elon Musk Nutzer verliert. Welche Erfolgschancen hat das neue Netzwerk? Von David Zajonz.
@tagesschau Warum öffnet ihr nicht eure Instanz für andere Benutzer und bewerbt sie mal kräftig, anstatt einen weiteren #walledgarden zu bewerben, der quasi Twitter in grün ist und die gleichen Probleme hat. Dann schreibt ihr auch noch, dass Mastodon nicht so zündet. Ihr habt die Möglichkeit, das zu ändern. Wenn man auf eurer Instanz eure Artikel diskutieren könnte, dann wäre das schon einmal ein Schritt nach vorne. #tagesschau#ard
If you have been using #Unity and you wanna jump ship to the nearest competitor, #GodotEngine is gonna be your best bet. The structure of a project isn't exactly the same, but it's similar enough that it won't take long to adjust.
Below, I'll give a few tips and talk about pain points you might run into, to help you try it out properly, and make an evaluation. #GameDev
I read the interoperability article with the biggest most detrimental #walledGarden in mind: #Cloudflare. Certainly interoperability is the weakness of many walled gardens. But when the marginalized group is small (Tor users, CGNAT users, bots, etc), your playbook doesn’t seem to cover that one. If lawmakers were to push interoperability & force CF to accommodate those they exclude, CF is still “the internet” (future reference).
@nixCraft Former iPhone user, or should I say "usee" since I felt being used rather than me controlling the device. Now enjoying @calyxos on mobile and @pop_os_official on desktop.
So definitely not true in my case. However, I didn't just jump or switch overnight. Rather, migrated apps and services gradually using ios/Android and Windows/Linux in parallel on different devices before I could switch completely.
#Godot Community Forums were made read-only by a new owner.
At May this year, the previous owner of GCF @TwistedTwigleg has burnt out and tranferred the ownership of forum to @cybereality. Andres was granted all the permissions needed due to his enthusiasm. In the middle of this week, zie suddenly created an exhaustive post accusing #GodotEngine to be a scam.
Now, I'm not going to peel the layers of threads and subthreads of this incident for you, so better read for yourself.
#Godot Community Forums is but another #platform with the puppetteer. I would not ask enthusiasts to host similar #platforms indefinitely and users to depend on them, since each one of them remains a #WalledGarden.
I think we should gather more around the distributed communities on #Lemmy, #Matrix and such. This way, nobody feels sick of being in the single room with hot-headed decision makers.
#Tornados just touched down in the town over and we could find any local information about it because our town, county, and local #weather service were all tweeting their warnings behind #twitters#walledgarden
The fact that your frontends and alternatives go down or cease to work is just a symptom of the real problem.
ABOLISH DATA SILOS. ABOLISH PROPRIETARY SERVICES.
Boycott these bastards that don't care the least about you. Focus on free and federated services, cherish the community's creations and protect them instead.