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.
Comment on Android will become a locked-down platform in 194 day
eleitl@lemmy.zip 10 hours agoThe 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.
MatSeFi@lemmy.liebeleu.de 9 hours ago
Riverside@reddthat.com 9 hours 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 9 hours ago
This describes the EU, in a nutshell …substack.com/…/the-comprador-calculus-why-europe… The fascists have already won.
Riverside@reddthat.com 8 hours ago
The article starts with some eurocentrist slop I can’t get over:
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.
mjr@infosec.pub 7 hours ago
Remember that the EU arose in part from the institutions set up to deter the same type of nationalist fascism rising again, such as the ECSC. Sadly, we may have encouraged Russian -funded American -spread international fascism in its place, although they don’t seem to control the EU yet.
Squizzy@lemmy.world 7 hours ago