The EU has no interest in allowing privacy on devices, since it is increasingly attempting to control alternative narratives. We’re in touching distance of the Fourth Reich now.
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ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 2 weeks agoNothing changes for now but other moves by Google clearly show they are trying to kill 3rd party ROMs by locking down Android’s code. In my opinion, unless EU steps in and mandates phone manufacturers and Google to support google free apps we’re fucked.
eleitl@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Riverside@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
Europe has explicitly no problem with this. They showed they have the power to censor Russian media but refuse to do this with European far-right, they just want the local fascists to win.
eleitl@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
This describes the EU, in a nutshell …substack.com/…/the-comprador-calculus-why-europe… The fascists have already won.
Riverside@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
The article starts with some eurocentrist slop I can’t get over:
Why would the leaders of the EU—a project ostensibly built on peace and sovereignty—
How on Earth is the literal cradle of Fascism and colonialism built on peace and sovereignty? The EU is built on neoliberalism and anticommunism, it cannot be built on peace or sovereignty.
MatSeFi@lemmy.liebeleu.de 2 weeks ago
Would not be sure about that. There has been steps in opposite directions in the past. Remember the regulation regarding 3. party app Stores on IOS, or even further back in the past the “Free Brwoser Choice” in MS-Windows.
jabjoe@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
It is surely called competition law?
maximumbird@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’m dumb But using grapheneos How would them locking down the code affect graphene?
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 2 weeks ago
Graphen is based on AOSP - Android Open Source Project. As the name implies, that’s the part of Android that’s Open Source. Google publishes this code, Graphene OS people modify it and release. All bugfixes, security fixes and new features go there. Google first stopped accepting contributions from other devs and now they are limiting how often will they release AOSP and how often will they publish security fixes. This makes development of Graphene OS more difficult and it looks like Google’s ultimate goal is to make Android closed source. Graphene OS doesn’t have the resources to develop Android by themselves so this would probably kill the project.
zhkent@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Some apps require google play, like android auto and maps.
I’m using grapheneos with open street maps, so I don’t think there would be any problem with that. There is a work around to load some apps that require google play with out a google account. I’m guessing that is what would be affected.
lbfgs@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
EU wants phones to be locked down so they can then make Google implement mass surveillance for “national security” reasons
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 2 weeks ago
What are you basing this on? If you say “Chat Control” I will just ignore you.
Squizzy@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Chat control is an issue tbough why ignore it?
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 2 weeks ago
Chat Control is not implementing mass surveillance and has nothing to do with national security. I that’s their only argument they are confused and there’s nothing to talk about. If they have other arguments I would like to hear them.