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EU unveils ‘revolutionary’ laws to curb big tech firms’ power - The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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New regulations will target six major tech companies to improve consumer experience and data privacy. These include Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta, and Microsoft.

Pre-installed apps like weather and email that are difficult to delete will be disallowed, aiming to promote interoperability and reduce "gatekeeping" activities.

Companies will be prohibited from monetizing user data collected from phone apps for advertising purposes.

The regulations will encourage competition by allowing alternative payment systems, benefiting startups and consumers.

The European Commission aims to empower consumers and ensure tech giants adhere to European rules, providing immediate accountability for any issues.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not sure if this isn't a mixed bag, given EU's blatant fixation with kneecapping or breaking e2ee (like in the UK).

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Europe != EU. UK is not in the EU.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I was using the UK's recent legislative efforts to eliminate e2ee to illustrate similar goals that have been expressed by various high-ranking EU officials to presumably affect their European contituents. Not trying to get in a geopolitical debate here about UK or Europe

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

This isn’t even a slippery slope towards that though. This is all about consumer choice, privacy, and stopping a few companies from skimming 30% of the top of all digital sales.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Sure we have plenty of bootlickers, but the majority of EU laws have the population as priority.

Those bootlickers aren't in the majority.