Comment on Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year

DmMacniel@feddit.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• azertyfun@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The EU is currently deepthroating Trump so hard that it’s completely out of breath and all our clothes are ruined.

  With how volatile Trump is this could change literally anyday, but with the current political equilibrium all google would have to do is gift trump a shiny golden thing so he makes a threatening remark about gas exports and the EU would go “uwu yes master right away master, do you want to fuck my gaping asshole while you’re at it?”.

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• cabbage@piefed.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The EU already forced sideloading to be officially supported on iPhones thanks to the Digital Markets Act, and that law applies to Google as well.

  The US will likely apply pressure, just like they are trying to force their death machines to be legalized on European roads. Apple already tried to pressure the union and failed, but the political climate has changed a bit since then, and while EU bureaucrats can be fierce, European leadership tends to be weak as fuck.

  But yeah, chances are that this change won't apply to the EU. :)

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  • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s too bad they were too terrible at writing legislation to be successful.

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    • cabbage@piefed.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      What exactly do you mean?

      Sure, nothing is perfect, but EU legislation has generally been quite good, from the GDPR to the DMA.

      The challenges are more related to enforcement - rules on the book are worth nothing if we don't force companies to live by them. In this respect we've seen some pretty sloppy behaviour, but also some victories. It's not a one-sided story.

      Another challenge is of course to keep passing good laws, and to avoid terrible ones. Chat control needs to be stopped. Stopping it is a matter of convincing national governments it's a bad idea, as well as members of the European Parliament - everyone should be writing their representatives NOW. But that's another issue entirely. :)

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      • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I mean Apple has continued their shitfuckery unabated.

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      • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        don’t iphones delete your sideloaded apps against your will and along with your data, if you don’t use the ibstaller tool at once every week?

        if so that’s useless for anybody other than developers themselves who otherwise don’t even want to use their own app.

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  • paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Does the law demand unsigned software?

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    • cabbage@piefed.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Google is clearly trying to find a loophole here. Their loophole clearly sucks.

      In all likelihood it'll end up in front of the Court of Justice of the European Union. And in all likelihood Google will lose again.

      The Court of Justice generally seems unimpressed by American lobbyists, so the strategy of finding a dumb loophole is probably doomed to fail.

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      • paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        That didn’t answer my question. M

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  • DmMacniel@feddit.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    European leadership tends to be weak as fuck.

    which is utterly disheartening.

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• themurphy@lemmy.ml ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It will probably be for the rest of the world.

  EU devices not effected.

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