The era of unchecked tech monopolies is over.
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The era of unchecked tech monopolies is over.
We're taking decisive action to enforce open, fair, and contestable digital markets. Our measures had real consequences:
️ Fined major platforms for anti-competitive practices and ignoring consumer data choices
Required strict hardware interoperability for smartwatches and connected wearables
️ Launched three investigations into dominance in cloud services and into search engines hiding mediaAccountability is here
https://link.europa.eu/YTddh6@EUCommission ha ha ha…
We'll talk when you've ended bundled sale of Windows on PC, Android (and iOS) on smartphones.
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Hello @brnrd!
The European Commission does not block or delay cases for political reasons. When a case is technically ready and solid enough to stand in court, the Commission adopts a decision.
Journalists recently asked about this at our daily press briefing, you can watch the full answer back here: https://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/media/video/I-289037@EUCommission @brnrd Let's distill that:
"We are not canceling the fine because it is still an active case. We do not talk about active cases."Which translates to "We canceled the fine and we won't talk about it".
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Hello @brnrd!
The European Commission does not block or delay cases for political reasons. When a case is technically ready and solid enough to stand in court, the Commission adopts a decision.
Journalists recently asked about this at our daily press briefing, you can watch the full answer back here: https://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/media/video/I-289037@EUCommission thank you for responding!
I am very happy with, and thankful for, the rule of law we have in Europe. I am very much in favor of upholding our laws.
Finally, there seems to be momentum in addressing the harms caused by Big-Tech. Harms us nerds have been pointing out for a long, long time.
Your constituency is fed up with Big-Tech too and wants you to stand your ground, make them pay for their vile surveillance tactics. (Have they set the enshittify dial just too far?).
There will be all kinds of setbacks, and wins. Make it known loudly that Google's fine isn't cancelled, that you are pursuing them with vigor.
Get all country privacy body's (incl. Ireland's) to act.
Make them pay for their violations in amounts that mean something to their bottom line (millions are rounding errors for them).Idea: coordinate all countries to indict and prosecute one of the offenders at the same time. Overwhelm them with litigious work. They're using shitty tactics against anyone "foolish" enough to challenge them in court. Pay them back in kind.
Rotate the offender.
The law is European, so the violations are the same in every country.
Stop enabling them in using the "many countries, one law" to circumvent legal obligations, use it against them. -
Hello @maia!
Interoperability and data portability are two things we are actively working on. You can read more here: https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/factsheet-how-dma-making-smartphones-better-interoperability-and-data-portability-case-studies-2026-05-11_en@EUCommission That’s nice, but doesn’t address what I said. If I want a bus ticket on my phone, or use my bank, or pay with my phone in the store, I need a locked down Apple or Google phone. It has to be locked down. Even an open Android compatible phone won’t work because it’s not locked down to Google. There are no alternatives. We desperately need European alternatives, but for that to even be viable you have to address this
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The era of unchecked tech monopolies is over.
We're taking decisive action to enforce open, fair, and contestable digital markets. Our measures had real consequences:
️ Fined major platforms for anti-competitive practices and ignoring consumer data choices Required strict hardware interoperability for smartwatches and connected wearables️ Launched three investigations into dominance in cloud services and into search engines hiding mediaAccountability is here
https://link.europa.eu/YTddh6@EUCommission
Good to see the steps being taken. Keep up the great work.
Just a small note: fining these companies does nothing to them. They stop or hide these activities for sometime and then raise the ugly head in even bad manner.
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The era of unchecked tech monopolies is over.
We're taking decisive action to enforce open, fair, and contestable digital markets. Our measures had real consequences:
️ Fined major platforms for anti-competitive practices and ignoring consumer data choices Required strict hardware interoperability for smartwatches and connected wearables️ Launched three investigations into dominance in cloud services and into search engines hiding mediaAccountability is here
https://link.europa.eu/YTddh6Squeeze the fuckers until the pips squeak.
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The era of unchecked tech monopolies is over.
We're taking decisive action to enforce open, fair, and contestable digital markets. Our measures had real consequences:
️ Fined major platforms for anti-competitive practices and ignoring consumer data choices Required strict hardware interoperability for smartwatches and connected wearables️ Launched three investigations into dominance in cloud services and into search engines hiding mediaAccountability is here
https://link.europa.eu/YTddh6@EUCommission Nice. It would also be nice to look into the illegal and highly unethical business of AI (training). Copyright laws broken left and right, energy consumption running through the roof. Hardware unavailable or plainly too expensive for the ordinary consumer. But most of all sticking AI into everything and then raising prices even if nobody wants that. Please, please! Look into it. Also please look into commercial surveillance. its all connected. But my data should be mine alone!
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The era of unchecked tech monopolies has only just begun, with you and #vonDerLeyen taking "decisive action" and blocking #DMA sanctions for Google.
The sheer audacity of your bragging with such an obvious lie.
@katzenberger Surprisingly I see the Commission account answered you - didn't expect it. Although it's important to remind that #BigTech monopolies don't give attention to the orders (political and judicial) of EU. https://todon.nl/@prolrage/116328529166397373 @EUCommission
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@katzenberger Surprisingly I see the Commission account answered you - didn't expect it. Although it's important to remind that #BigTech monopolies don't give attention to the orders (political and judicial) of EU. https://todon.nl/@prolrage/116328529166397373 @EUCommission
Like many political and corporate entities on the Fediverse, they're replying from time to time, provided they see a chance to post a "Learn more about…"-style rubber wall reply. It's occupational therapy though, with zero nourishing yield.
Wrt to fines: yes, we need to follow through, not just impose them. Sadly, the recent corporate takeovers of national DPAs (first Ireland, then the Netherlands) is establishing a pretty bad precedent that reduces the likeliness of that happening.
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@EUCommission ha ha ha…
We'll talk when you've ended bundled sale of Windows on PC, Android (and iOS) on smartphones.
"this is a good thing, but i'm not going to acknowledge that. i'm going to go negative, make demands, and act like a jerk. i'm so cool"
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The era of unchecked tech monopolies is over.
We're taking decisive action to enforce open, fair, and contestable digital markets. Our measures had real consequences:
️ Fined major platforms for anti-competitive practices and ignoring consumer data choices Required strict hardware interoperability for smartwatches and connected wearables️ Launched three investigations into dominance in cloud services and into search engines hiding mediaAccountability is here
https://link.europa.eu/YTddh6@EUCommission Good work! Keep the pressure up!
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@EUCommission still trying to feign concern while selling us all to the glue factory. classic
the inevitable flood of whiny reply guy shit under every EUCommission post. pointless, dreary, insufferable, entitled. also, some is outright trollfarm
i suppose this is just the way social media is. still, it's pathetic
lazy cynicism is mindless and cheap
if that's your online identity?
guess what: this is what fascism wants from you: compliant and resigned. cynicism is capitulation. that's the psyop
i should know, i'm american
and so: that's a warning, europe
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@EUCommission Seems like this tiger has no teeth after all... Ursula stopped the fines against Google... what's this about? Are we scared of the orange Nazi?
@rogue_cells @EUCommission If not him directly, than it is American Big Tech pressure. Probably both.
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The era of unchecked tech monopolies is over.
We're taking decisive action to enforce open, fair, and contestable digital markets. Our measures had real consequences:
️ Fined major platforms for anti-competitive practices and ignoring consumer data choices Required strict hardware interoperability for smartwatches and connected wearables️ Launched three investigations into dominance in cloud services and into search engines hiding mediaAccountability is here
https://link.europa.eu/YTddh6@EUCommission While I appreciate this, the sentence "ignoring consumer data choices" is funny while we are forcing sensitive data to be exposed via #IDVerification
Fighting monopolies is one thing, but shall be done properly.
One example could be Valve's Steam store. It is rather a monopoly and even most Valve fans agree on this, however, it has little to no competition. Others provide less features & worse experience.
So we shall embrace competition than just blindly "fight" monopolies.
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the inevitable flood of whiny reply guy shit under every EUCommission post. pointless, dreary, insufferable, entitled. also, some is outright trollfarm
i suppose this is just the way social media is. still, it's pathetic
lazy cynicism is mindless and cheap
if that's your online identity?
guess what: this is what fascism wants from you: compliant and resigned. cynicism is capitulation. that's the psyop
i should know, i'm american
and so: that's a warning, europe
@benroyce @EUCommission yes I'm cynical towards the EU because shit gets progresively worse and very little meaningful action is ever taken, while "slowly" but surely everything gets sold as scraps to whoever the fucking highest bidder.
Everyone on this cursed continent should have a deep thought (and action!) about what relationship they want with this planet.
Like who the fuck do you think you are as a fucking american to tell me, a person who resides in a place that has a heavy say in what the EU is to shut up and be happy? Fucking unbelievable jfc.
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The era of unchecked tech monopolies has only just begun, with you and #vonDerLeyen taking "decisive action" and blocking #DMA sanctions for Google.
The sheer audacity of your bragging with such an obvious lie.
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@EUCommission That does not answer my question.
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the inevitable flood of whiny reply guy shit under every EUCommission post. pointless, dreary, insufferable, entitled. also, some is outright trollfarm
i suppose this is just the way social media is. still, it's pathetic
lazy cynicism is mindless and cheap
if that's your online identity?
guess what: this is what fascism wants from you: compliant and resigned. cynicism is capitulation. that's the psyop
i should know, i'm american
and so: that's a warning, europe
Oh, not to worry - the reality on the ground is nowhere near the mouthpieces you see online.
European politics are turning right, yes - but extremism is generally kept at bay in the real world. You'll always have the outliers shouting the loudest and claiming to speak for the oppressed and the minorities, demanding everyone else respects their ekstremist views while respecting no one.
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the inevitable flood of whiny reply guy shit under every EUCommission post. pointless, dreary, insufferable, entitled. also, some is outright trollfarm
i suppose this is just the way social media is. still, it's pathetic
lazy cynicism is mindless and cheap
if that's your online identity?
guess what: this is what fascism wants from you: compliant and resigned. cynicism is capitulation. that's the psyop
i should know, i'm american
and so: that's a warning, europe
@benroyce @xri @EUCommission So, pointing out that the statements the EU commission makes are contradictory to their actual policies is mindless cynicism? The fact that they say this and then let google walk away is irrelevant? Stop looking at vibes and start looking at actual policies. The commission has been consistently bad on digital rights (among other things) and they have to be called out if we want to preserve our rights.
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Oh, not to worry - the reality on the ground is nowhere near the mouthpieces you see online.
European politics are turning right, yes - but extremism is generally kept at bay in the real world. You'll always have the outliers shouting the loudest and claiming to speak for the oppressed and the minorities, demanding everyone else respects their ekstremist views while respecting no one.
thank you
you are of course right
my only complaint then is how mastodon has had a number of high profile accounts hounded off by this endless sort of reply guy negativity
it would be a shame to lose this one as well, simply for the sake of these whiny entitled assholes
