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zoobabyesterday at 7:50 AM1 replyview on HN

The DMA team replied to me that they did not see any legal issues with Google enforcing mandatory ID for sideloading apps.

We need an urgent upgrade of the DMA v2.O, in the fast paced Omnibus package.

Feel free to post proposals here.


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zoobabyesterday at 7:59 AM

On the DMA, I have said that it does not go far enough, the Operating System (OS) market should be opened up, with a regulation in place so that alternative mobile and non-mobile OSes can be installed by the end user, notably by the mandatory registration and publication of technical hardware specifications, unlocking of bootloaders, etc...

30 years ago, the Linux community fought the pre-installed Windows tax and mostly lost that fight.