The EU's DMA vs Apple:

Digital rights darling Cory Doctorow and the @eff explore today's software interoperability landscape and the importance of our software freedoms.

Software freedom and a more open, democratic internet matters!

#softwareFreedom @fsfe @pluralistic

eff.org/deeplinks/2024/10/eu-a…

EU to Apple: “Let Users Choose Their Software”; Apple: “Nah”

This year, a far-reaching, complex new piece of legislation comes into effect in EU: the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which represents some of the most ambitious tech policy in European history.

^{Electronic Frontier Foundation}

If you like the #fediverse, as we do,, and you think our public administrations that are in other social media networks should be present also here, check out our Swiss local group initiative:
fedigov.eu/

#SoftwareFreedom #digitalsovereignty

Recent #cybersecurity incident around #CrowdStrike and #Windows #Azure shows the problem around monocultures and control over its one technology.

It is important for Europe to evaluate own dependencies and support administrations, business and citizens alike to run secure IT. For this #softwarefreedom plays an important role.