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What happened to 'interoperability by design'?

In December, 2024, the @EUCommission had proposed an interesting path for Apple to achieve higher standards of interoperability under the #DMA. The final version excluded several of these requirements.

A coalition of organisations and experts have weighted the positives and negatives of the final decision of how developers can request #interoperability from #Apple.

fsfe.org/news/2025/news-202504

Ilustration showing what looks like a snake in the shape of an apple in black with a red shadow
FSFE - Free Software Foundation EuropeDMA: European Commission falls short on interoperability requirements for Apple - FSFEDespite initial promising steps, the European Commission’s measures on Apple’s compliance with interoperability procedures under the Digital Markets Act fa...

🚀 Vandaag is de EU Open Source Solutions Catalogue van de Europese Commissie live gegaan!

interoperable-europe.ec.europa

Deze catalogus bundelt open-source repositories van onze Duitse 🇩🇪 (opencode.de), Italiaanse 🇮🇹 (developers.italia.it) en Franse 🇫🇷 (code.gouv.fr) collega's.

Meer info over de opzet vind je hier:
interoperable-europe.ec.europa

Interoperable Europe PortalSearch in EU Open Source Solutions Catalogue
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@Tutanota As long as we talk about tech independence or digital #sovereignty primarily in terms of geography and jurisdiction, we will lose as users and as people with rights:

1. Because this narrative can easily be co-opted by antidemocratic, nationalistic forces.

2. It takes away attention from what actually provides us with independence: software #freedom, #interoperability, a power shift away from #bigtech to small, decentralised, ethical tech.

3. It gives praise to entities...

♻️ Please boost for reach:

Job opportunity in the Netherlands!

Are you well-versed in #projectmanagement and know the research data/software landscape from a perspective of #interoperability?

We are hiring an ➡️ Interoperability Project Lead ⬅️ for a 4-year project funded by Open Science NL.

vacatures.knaw.nl/job/Den-Haag

Apply until April 13th (Sunday) 2025.

#OpenScience #job #hiring

⬇️ See next post for more information on salary, benefits, etc.

📰 "UE nakazuje #Apple poprawę interoperacyjności z urządzeniami innych firm poprzez przyznanie dostępu do podstawowych funkcji #iOS, takich jak powiadomienia, umożliwienie w pełni zintegrowanych alternatyw dla #AirDrop i #AirPlay oraz otwarcie #NFC dla konkurencji płatniczej. Zmiany rozpoczną się od iOS 19, a pełne wdrożenie nastąpi do 2026 r. "

Całość [EN]:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/3/

#Europa#UE#Software
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@pluralistic
A theory of change [for the #EU, and the #GlobalSouth]: Ditch #IPlaws and #copyprotection, and set #interoperability free!!

"America's robust GDP figures are a mirage, artificially buoyed up by the monopoly rents extracted by #USBigTech, who prey on Americans AND foreigners.
But foreigners don't have to tolerate this nonsense. Governments around the world signed up to protect giant American companies from small domestic competitors (from local app stores—for phones, games consoles, and IoT gadgets—to local printer cartridge remanufacturers) on the promise of tariff-free access to US markets. With #Trump imposing tariffs will-ye or nill-ye on America's trading partners large and small, there is no reason to go on delivering rents to US Big Tech."

This year I am unfortunately sick and could not properly join the nice festivities of #iLoveFS, but I do want to thank @eighthave from @fdroidorg, @marcprux from #AppFair, Benjamin from @Tor, Marc from #GNUTaler, the nice people from #iSH and many others for their volunteer time and expertise in helping us to understand the technical and legal aspects of #interoperability, #AppStore and #Safari. With their support we are pushing #DeviceNeutrality in environments dominated by #Apple.