(it won’t be, it’s an EU law, so will be the same in all EU countries)

This is not true btw. It’s not a mandatory law, and if you read the news about this the last 3 weeks, you would know that.

EU laws are not automatically mandatory. That’s not how it works at all.

https://developers.facebook.com/messaging-interoperability

Again, I dont think you can access it unless you follow the rules.

I guess it’s not true public, but you can if you meet the requirements.

It’s not, but they made a WhatsApp API for the DMA. There’s a Matrix bridge to WhatsApp.

Signal wont do it because they cant use their own protocol. You still have to use WhatsApps, which makes it flawed.

I also hope for good clients, but maybe the rules will change further before there’s any real use case for it. Maybe it’s too expensive compared to making your own?

apperently meta gets to pick it, and it is not a public api.

No they dont, and it’s a public modified Matrix-protocol. Why would you lie about that?

The problem is that WhatsApp can demand third parties to meet very high standards, making it impossible for independent actors to gain access to this.

You need a pretty well run machinery to live up to the standard, but if they do, WhatApps can legally not deny access.

If they do, it’s in violation of the DMA, which gives you a 10% of all global income in fees.

These has been used against Meta and Google before, and there’s no reason to believe they wont do it again. They actually live up to it.

Sorry, maybe I’m an idiot, but I cant find a single song I have on my playlists from YT or Spotify.

Not even Queen or ABBA comes up. Am I using it wrong? Only did the install.

They do, but Android is open source, and now Google is trying to close it down.

Maybe I misunderstood, but it seems like in your screenshots that they provided a simply guide for you to delete all of your data?

And about the Irish authorities, I can’t really see how you expected them to help you, when you’re not from there. And not even at least from the EU.

I think they did actually answer you nicely, even suggesting what you should do instead.

But… You are from a country out of the EU?

Our rights didnt come for free.

I also cant execute rights from Norway when I’m not from there. I cant demand to use their public systems if I’m not a citizen and pay taxes to them.

I 100% agree that everyone SHOULD have this right. But your country didnt vote for them for many years (not counting the years after 2022 ofc. That’s a whole other awful topic for you guys, and I feel for you guys)

We shouldnt. I’ll be the first to protest. But I’ve also learned that alot of forces are trying to smear the EU lately.

And guess who.

Fair. Lets see who’s right then when it comes.

Because it’s a “leaked draft”.

If they are the only one reporting on it, chances are it’s not true. Or the final proposal will look nothing like it.

Dont underestimate what these “outlets” will do for clicks.

As many other “leaked drafts” the media spits out, it never actually gets close to what’s happening.

Lets see a real draft from an official source. They will always be available when they are actually done.

Imagine how fast the US turned to shit, that China is now more trustworthy. Or at least, much more stable.

Damn, if you’re not joking, my day is ruined.

The Austrian military didn’t just adopt LibreOffice; they actually contributed back to it. Over five person-years of development work went into adding features they needed. Those improvements are now available to everyone using LibreOffice, which is pretty cool.

The open source dream!

How is it a worse product if they move?

Yeah, they laid off the whole team behind Kevin. I would quit too, if I saw my creation fall that way.

Good choice. Like stopping to make VHS while the CD is around.

And every single one is opt-in. Firefox need features for everyone to gain traction, and not just us.

Relax.