Discussion
🎙️ Our @dario joined the "DMA Vox Populi" podcast from Prof. Simonetta Vezzoso (@wavesblog) to talk about the DMA review
💡 What the European Commission got right, where it fell short, and what must come next for software freedom and interoperability in Europe.
#DMA #DeviceNeutrality #FreeSoftware
Watch/listen here 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXVpeI_iIzQ
🧵 1/4 Those are the main points touched upon:
📌 Expand the DMA's scope.
Some companies engage in clear predatory behaviour, locking users into ecosystems, limiting interoperability, restricting software freedom, yet fall outside current thresholds.
The DMA review should have covered more companies and new types of core platform services, including device manufacturers that block users from installing alternative operating systems.
🧵 2/4
📌 Ban gatekeeper account requirements.
Gatekeepers use mandatory accounts, paid or free, to sidestep their obligations. Developers seeking interoperability access or alternative app store distribution can be forced to hold gatekeeper-controlled accounts, which can be revoked without recourse.
This back door must be explicitly closed.
🧵 3/4
📌 Make enforcement genuinely inclusive.
Europe's digital ecosystem runs on Free Software, SMEs, and small developer teams. They face complex procedures and disproportionate barriers. Compliance workshops shaped by gatekeeper agendas are not enough.
Enforcement must be designed with smaller actors in mind, and Device Neutrality must be at its core.
Users must have real control over the software on their own devices. 🔓
#DMA #DeviceNeutrality #FreeSoftware
🧵 4/4
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