📣 Is "disable" the same as "uninstall"? We do not believe it. Google does.

Under the DMA, the FSFE with a coalition of civil-society organisations prompts the @EUCommission to open proceedings to investigate Alphabet's (#Google) regarding the uninstallation of pre-installed apps in Android.

Uninstalling is completely removing the app, not just disabling it! This is key for #DeviceNeutrality!

📎 https://edri.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Joint-DMA-complaint-Alphabet-for-publication.pdf

#SoftwareFreedom#DMA

Yes, we had to file a DMA complaint to the @EUCommission because #Google believes that disabling = uninstalling.

Under the #DMA, gatekeepers must allow users to uninstall apps, which, of course, means the complete removal of an app, not its disabling. This is key for #DeviceNeutrality.

Read the submission by @fsfe, @edri, @article19 @HomoDigitalisGR @Freiheitsrechte @vrijschrift

https://edri.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Joint-DMA-complaint-Alphabet-for-publication.pdf

Please help us to reach #ios developers. We need their feedback to our survey https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20250618-01.en.html in order to keep #Apple accountable under the #DMA in a developer friendly way. #DeviceNeutrality