#Apple, the @EUCommission and the #DMA
Why interoperability is at the heart of the battle? ⚖️🍏
Read the full story: https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20251015-01.en.html
Ciao @quinta ricordo che tempo fa chiedevi se ci fossero app per pagamenti NCF al posto di Google Pay. Ho trovato questa (britannica), si chiama Curve, non l'ho ancora provata. Ne hai sentito parlare?
#NFC #DMA #EU #GooglePay
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.imaginecurve.curve.prd&hl=it
A proposito @giacomo che ne pensi di questo thread su F-Oroid? Non pensi che abbiano più di qualche ragione? Oppure ho capito male io
Come ho scritto altrove se Google ci riesce allora il #DMA è carta straccia.
CC: @lcruggeri@mastodon.uno @informatica@feddit.it
Im Fall von #ArminWolf gegen #X geht's offenbar doch in die nächste juristische Runde:
@publicvoit
Interessanter Ansatz.
Nach den bisherigen Erfahrungen mit den europäischen Rechtsakten #DSA und #DMA scheinen die ohnehin nicht die in sie gesetzten Erwartungen zu erfüllen.
Und es erscheint erfolgversprechender die nationalen Gesetze zu nutzen. In Deutschland verstoßen X und andere Plattformen tausendfach gegen das Verbot der #Volksverhetzung (Paragr.130 StGB). Es ist schon lange höchste Zeit, dass wir die Gültigkeit deutscher #Gesetze in Deutschland durchsetzen. #eXit
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🏛️ We have just arrived at @Curia!
💼 Today, our lawyer, Dr. Martin Husovec, will explain to the court why #DMA #interoperability should apply to #Apple in full extent!
👀 Stay tuned for updates! And if you need a quick recap of what's at stake for #FreeSoftware in this case, have a read here: https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20251015-01.en.html
Table with the agenda of the day and a microphone
Conmemorative plaque at the Court of Justice for Thomas More. You can see the plaque and the explanation besides it
Empty room at the Court of Justice in Luxembourg
Dario
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#Apple is claiming before @Curia that #DMA is expropriating their copyrights and patents! 😲
The @EUCommission and the @fsfe stated that Apple has not listed any right. How this can be? 🤔
The Court followed up, but Apple just cannot list any copyright and patent affected by #interoperability!
#Apple is stating at @Curia that the #DMA obligation of "free-of-charge" interoperability imposes enormous burden to their rights. 🫢
FSFE: No, actually Apple has a menu of choices:
🔹Use or develop #OpenStandards;
🔹use or develop proprietary solutions but refrain from using patents and copyrights to block interoperability; or
🔹 not provide these non-interoperable features in the EU market.
📢 "Given that Apple’s product is an ecosystem where value is created not only by Apple, but also by independent external developers and consumers who own the devices, coercing selected gatekeepers’ products into interoperability is entirely legitimate and necessary." - 
FSFE's lawyer, Martin Husovec
(We cannot wait to watch the streaming as it is delayed)
#Apple is claiming before @Curia that #DMA is expropriating their copyrights and patents! 😲
The @EUCommission and the @fsfe stated that Apple has not listed any right. How this can be? 🤔
The Court followed up, but Apple just cannot list any copyright and patent affected by #interoperability!
Dario
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#Apple's lawyers are arguing that the #interoperability provision in the #DMA harms the company's human rights 😯
📖 Our lawyer, Martin Husovec, is now on the podium at @Curia
✊ He is reminding the Court that Apple is being regulated for the public interest and that interoperability and #FreeSoftware cannot be compromised.
Dario
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🧑⚖️ The hearing is about to begin!
👀 Representatives from #Apple, @EUCommission and the European Parliament, as policymakers from Germany and industry representatives, are all here at @Curia
💥 This is BIG 💥
The FSFE's lawyer will have 10 minutes to explain to Court why #DMA requires interoperable solutions by design! #FreeSoftware is key for that! 💪
Check the broadcast live! https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1_1477137/en/
(be aware no pics or screenshots are allowed)
🧑⚖️ The hearing is about to begin!
👀 Representatives from #Apple, @EUCommission and the European Parliament, as policymakers from Germany and industry representatives, are all here at @Curia
💥 This is BIG 💥
The FSFE's lawyer will have 10 minutes to explain to Court why #DMA requires interoperable solutions by design! #FreeSoftware is key for that! 💪
Check the broadcast live! https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1_1477137/en/
(be aware no pics or screenshots are allowed)
#Apple's lawyers are arguing that the #interoperability provision in the #DMA harms the company's human rights 😯
📖 Our lawyer, Martin Husovec, is now on the podium at @Curia
✊ He is reminding the Court that Apple is being regulated for the public interest and that interoperability and #FreeSoftware cannot be compromised.
🏛️ We have just arrived at @Curia!
💼 Today, our lawyer, Dr. Martin Husovec, will explain to the court why #DMA #interoperability should apply to #Apple in full extent!
👀 Stay tuned for updates! And if you need a quick recap of what's at stake for #FreeSoftware in this case, have a read here: https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20251015-01.en.html
Table with the agenda of the day and a microphone
Conmemorative plaque at the Court of Justice for Thomas More. You can see the plaque and the explanation besides it
Empty room at the Court of Justice in Luxembourg
🧑⚖️ The hearing is about to begin!
👀 Representatives from #Apple, @EUCommission and the European Parliament, as policymakers from Germany and industry representatives, are all here at @Curia
💥 This is BIG 💥
The FSFE's lawyer will have 10 minutes to explain to Court why #DMA requires interoperable solutions by design! #FreeSoftware is key for that! 💪
Check the broadcast live! https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1_1477137/en/
(be aware no pics or screenshots are allowed)
🏛️ We have just arrived at @Curia!
💼 Today, our lawyer, Dr. Martin Husovec, will explain to the court why #DMA #interoperability should apply to #Apple in full extent!
👀 Stay tuned for updates! And if you need a quick recap of what's at stake for #FreeSoftware in this case, have a read here: https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20251015-01.en.html
Table with the agenda of the day and a microphone
Conmemorative plaque at the Court of Justice for Thomas More. You can see the plaque and the explanation besides it
Empty room at the Court of Justice in Luxembourg
F-Droid
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@me @fsf @fsfe This is important work, and a key piece of the puzzle for freeing our mobile devices. The other key is making it a right to unlock the bootloader and replace the operating system on devices that we own. Without that, all those users are still stuck on Android even if a perfect alternative exists. We believe this should be the next thing that the #DigitalMarketAct ( #DMA) addresses.
@me @fsf @fsfe This is important work, and a key piece of the puzzle for freeing our mobile devices. The other key is making it a right to unlock the bootloader and replace the operating system on devices that we own. Without that, all those users are still stuck on Android even if a perfect alternative exists. We believe this should be the next thing that the #DigitalMarketAct ( #DMA) addresses.
Dario
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The FSFE is meeting Apple at the European Union Court of Justice 🧐
On October 21, we will participate in the hearing of the #DMA litigation against #Apple
👀 What does this case mean for #FreeSoftware and what is at stake?
The FSFE is meeting Apple at the European Union Court of Justice 🧐
On October 21, we will participate in the hearing of the #DMA litigation against #Apple
👀 What does this case mean for #FreeSoftware and what is at stake?
Dario
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👁️ Échale un vistazo a este artículo de Público en el que explican porqué estamos defendiendo la #DMA ante #Apple:
📰 https://www.publico.es/opinion/columnas/apple-quiere-usuarios-libres.html