Can EU please make an open source phone?
We have linux for computers, but we need a “linux” for phones (yes I know Android uses Linux Kernel, I’m talking about like a Libre Non-Google OS)
U have several fork of android some are great. The issue is I need google service for a lot of proprietary app like uber, banking app etc. Linux phone exist but without an appstore it s useless
That’s kind of the point. The EU could theoretically demand some Linux support from banks. It wouldn’t be a popular decision at first, but the consumer protection agency is capable of that, banks are capable of that, and it would help a lot.
I don’t think it would happen, it’s cheaper for banks to lobby against it than do a bare minimum, lobbying is cheaper than anything, but still, neat idea.
I’m holding my breath for the pinephone to be ready for primetime. I check in on it every so often to see what the current buzz is.
I have another question: why do some eras seem to be so free for technology to evolve and open to new entrants to create their designs and mods and why do other eras feel like traps set by investors and enclosures for consumers? The 80s/90s felt great for technology, but today it feels like they all want to take anyone’s capacity to do anything beyond being a dumb paying consumer away…like they’re covering all possible outcomes to come out enslaving everyone. Why didn’t they do that in the 80s/90s? Am I looking at the past with rose-tinted glasses?
Does Graphene OS fit that description?
I thought gdpr forced companies to store data securely in the eu. Are they saying they’ll transfer that data to the us to give Trump access, cause that’s a gdpr violation and should result in fines and eventual removal from the eu market.
The CLOUD act and GDPR do indeed not work together.
There are provisions. I don’t remember the exact name of it, but basically, the US says “yah, these business are legit ok, you see?” and the EU is like “oh, ok, deal”. This includes the big providers and a handful of others, obviously.
And yes, it is a farce.
Does this also mean Microsoft would allow China to spy on the US if asked?
My assumption for many years now has been that the answer to any question involving MS giving access to your data is “yes.”
well… there is self-hosting too
suck my arch btw
How much you wanna bet they already do and have been doing for years? They already spy on the rest of us, why is this any different?
Why are there no major competitors outside the USA? Is there no “Silicon Valley” in the EU?
Because the one in the US is working out so well for humanity right?
Fuck Silicon Valleys. Use and support open standards and software.
I mean yes duh but wouldn’t it be great to have European owned data centers running Linux?
No one is safe anywhere…
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Of course they would. That’s why I quit using their software.
lol any EU bureaucrat who thinks otherwise is either a useful idiot or themselves compromised?
Then those EU firms should immediately make getting out of anything and everything Microsoft a top priority. As a US citizen, all our government and companies understand is personal profit and personal data hording. So make it hurt where they will feel it.
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It’s SO funny how apparently for almost 20 years we (as in the west outside the USA) decided that using Chinese cloud platforms or networking hardware was dangerous and to be avoided, but private US companies? Nothing to see here!
Silver lining of the orange man is that maybe countries will wake up and smell the digital sovereignty that we sorely lack.
Well some of those countries are part of 5 eyes, 9 eyes, and 14 eyes
