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Today, @ec.europa.eu opened a process under the #DMA to regulate how #Google handles #interoperability within #Android. The FSFE has been working intensively over the last two years to improve DMA interoperability against gatekeepers like #Apple and Google. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

ec.europa.euCommission opens proceedings to assist Google in complying with interoperability and online search data sharing obligations under the Digital Markets ActToday, the European Commission has started two sets of specification proceedings to assist Google in complying with its obligations under the Digital Markets Act (‘DMA\'). The specification proceeding...

Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE)

@fsfe.org

27 Jan

In June, at the workshop on #Google's #DMA compliance, we raised issues related to #interoperability. Similar problems #FreeSoftware developers are facing with #Apple, like discretionary power to deny interoperability, lack of transparency, and anti-competitive practices. fsfe.org/news/2025/ne...

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Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE)

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This autumn, we took part in a soon-to-be-published study regarding #Google’s control over #interoperability in #AOSP. In particular, the study focused on how the company's limiting access to critical interoperability can hinder Free Software projects. www.techpolicy.press/making-the-d...

techpolicy.pressMaking the Digital Markets Act Developer-FriendlyBig Tech restrictions on app stores and operating systems put small developers at risk, write Lucas Lasota, Dario Presutti and Jithendra Palepu.

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Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE)

@fsfe.org

27 Jan

The @ec.europa.eu decision is a sign of progress in enforcing #interoperability obligations. Taken together, such regulatory procedures should make interoperability effective, so #FreeSoftware developers have a chance to participate and innovate in digital markets.

Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE)

@fsfe.org

27 Jan

We will monitor how the @ec.europa.eu implements the #DMA #interoperability rules further, ensuring DMA enforcement is #FreeSoftware friendly.