(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.
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.
If only there was a way to fund open source projects so we both could have better software for the world and paid employees…
I think you can guess which government body already do this. Just take a shot.
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.
Damn, if you’re not joking, my day is ruined.
I think there’s a middle ground. It’s not all or nothing.
We can have million dollar studios without having a billion dollar studio.
That’s true, which also illustrates how absurd the big paychecks are with your post in mind.
Sure.
The premise is to bring down costs, and not be free. This is a reality where we can share media we buy, because we own them again.
So you can kind of imagine the world 20-30 years back with VHS and DVDs. Just in the digital world.
Fewer people would buy the content, and less shareholders will be rich. Actors will also not go for multi million dollar salaries. But actors would still exist.
You can argue that this will bring down the number of movies, but most likely there will just be alot of small studios making movies instead of Netflix and Disney controlling the market from start to end.
There will be a much larger varaity in movies, and not that many reboots of past succes from the VHS/DVD age.
Sometimes it’s hard to imagine a reality outside our own.
Also just users. No docker or anything, just using the system someone else setup for them.
NextCloud is used everywhere, also in commercial use.
Very correct, thank you.
I want to add:
That being said above, the US goal is not communism. It is to control all powerful companies like Russia does. I dont know what it’s called, but it’s not communism, as that will require no ownership at all.
This move by the US is also no different that China owning parts of Huawei.
Lol, it’s like this with everything.
USA is tracking every single movement in your house, and throws a fit when China collects some meta data.
They just act like the survelliance is bad by blaming a foregin state, then doing something way worse.