Apple would be looking at a fine of over $35 billion. To put that into perspective, that is equivalent to half of Apple’s iPhone sales evaporating instantly.

Now that’s pretty spicy! I’m glad something is finally being done to try and break up the iron grip these companies have on the world. Shame it’s happening at such a glacial pace though

The EC expects its investigations to conclude within 12 months.

Why is the bed irresistible in the mornings, and yet I never want to go to bed in the evenings

Do we have a r/rimjobsteve equivalent here?

The point should be to bring everyone up, not pull others down, though

I’ve not heard about this. Does anyone have a link to share? Can’t find one myself

Down votes is the price you pay for trying to be informative

What do you mean with “went to bed”?

Are there any of these communities you could recommend?

This was a well written and interesting piece from someone who knows about the subject matter. What a refreshing piece of content. Thank you for sharing

I’m the opposite. Grew up in a cold climate and hated it. Moved to the warmth now and loving life at the moment

Is there? What’s this book called… so that I know to avoid it

There’s infinity? I can’t find it in fdroid. Is it play store only?

Memory is not storage, so you would need to be logging what’s in memory, I guess. Not impossible, but also not trivial either.

Honestly I’m not sure how it could be done, but I’m sure it’s possible

Digital market act https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/index_en

Chat apps are only part of it. It will force iOS and android to offer competing app market too.

The bridges need to decrypt your messages before encrypting them again to send them to you. This is done in memory, so it’s not impossible for your messages to be read by beeper, but quite difficult.

That said, self hosting will always be a safer option. It’s just not for everyone

The EU is forcing the big chat companies to open their gates. They have until April of next year to comply, so we might see a common protocol for chat pretty soon

Neither do I

That last bit is funny. Any of the alternatives could be a winner with critical mass