asparagapple comments on Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed

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[–] asparagapple@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This is about preparing for DMA and the likes in other countries.

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[–] HeavyRaptor@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't see how the DMA would cause this other than Google preemptively setting themselves up for malicious compliance. The whole point of the DMA seems to be to give users choice not take it away.

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[–] Mavytan@feddit.nl 1 point 1 year ago

I think you're on point with the malicious compliance. Google doesn't want to give up power and control. Requiring all installations to run through them seems to be their workaround.

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[–] Xatolos@reddthat.com 1 point 1 year ago*

~~DMA is only partly for choice.~~ Sorry, different act, but same group (EU). But the rest pretty much stands the same, the EU won't see it as malicious compliance, but as a great design choice.

https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/priorities-2019-2024/europe-fit-digital-age/digital-services-act_en

This is also huge part of it about being able to “prevent illegal” content.

“easier reporting of illegal content” “less exposure to illegal content” “level-playing field against providers of illegal content”

This will help give paper trails for everything, and that allows for easy reporting which is the bigger part of the DMA.

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