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It felt like kindergarten to do it but this week we @edri +others filed a complaint against #Google with the @EUCommission for breach of the #DigitalMarketsAct.
Despite the #DMA's clear obligation for #gatekeepers to allow you to uninstall pre-installed apps, #Alphabet claims this can also mean disabling. Yes seriously.
So we wrote a 7-page explanation why disable ≠ uninstall.
The complaint was filed together with @article19, @fsfe, @Freiheitsrechte, @HomoDigitalisGR and @vrijschrift 🙏
It felt like kindergarten to do it but this week we @edri +others filed a complaint against #Google with the @EUCommission for breach of the #DigitalMarketsAct.
Despite the #DMA's clear obligation for #gatekeepers to allow you to uninstall pre-installed apps, #Alphabet claims this can also mean disabling. Yes seriously.
So we wrote a 7-page explanation why disable ≠ uninstall.
The complaint was filed together with @article19, @fsfe, @Freiheitsrechte, @HomoDigitalisGR and @vrijschrift 🙏
@RandamuMaki @GrapheneOS Someone who said they were from GrapheneOS posted an question in the online forum of the #DMAWorkshop. When the #Alphabet people dodged, I reformulated the question and asked in there in person. They dodged again, claiming they didn't know what #Google#PlayIntegrity and #GMS meant. Looks like calculated ignorance since those are key to their abusive, trust-building behaviors. #gatekeepers only send competition lawyers to #DMA events so they can dodge technical details.
Kick-off by @EUCommission's Director for #DSA/#DMA enforcement Rita Wezenbeek.
Only some 20 people in the room but she says over 200 following online. Hopefully many journalists. 💪
The way #Microsoft (and other #gatekeepers) present #DMA compliance is soooo annoying!
The "regulatory dialogue" with the Commission, according to #Linkedin's competition director, was a way for the company to "mature and progress in our DMA journey."
It's not a "journey", it's a law that creates legal obligations and prohibitions for the company. Get over it and get it down already. 😠