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0 pointsteekert4y ago0 comments

He indicated multiple times that he does not want other (third party) clients, does not want the server to be open and federated. Let him have it, it works for many people.

Imagine you were him and you are getting issues filed from people using services the government forced you to build, or were even build by others but forced on your once clean solution. I'd say "screw you guys, I'm going home" (Build your own solution). And I'd agree with him. Where would it end?

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stingraycharles4y ago

The same can be said about WhatsApp et al. I’m going to bet that Meta also indicated they don’t want other third party clients.

From my point of view, the advantages of opening up these platforms outweigh the disadvantages for those who don’t like that.

The whole idea of this type of regulation is that it tries to do what’s best for the consumer, and the market as a whole, not not necessarily for the businesses behind it.

teekertOP4y ago

And then we keep Moxie as a slave forcing him to get motivated to implement all this? Or will the government cease control of the code? Stop Moxie from Forking, then tell people to stay on the government branch?

And the arguments hold for Meta too if you ask me. WhatsApp is not a public service. It was not build (or in this case bought later on) with our interests at the top of the priority list. If we want public services with the public's interest at heart, we have to build those services, or sponsor those. Not take them from companies. In this case we already have a nice solution in the from of Matrix.

What are you suggesting?

vhanda4y ago

No one is forcing anyone to do anything.

Countries (and citizens by proxy) have a right to decide how they want services to function in their respective countries. Any company can choose to follow those regulations or voluntarily stop services within that country.

The great part about the EU is that it's a big enough market for companies to want to target it. One doesn't object about food health standards or what standards electronics parts are required to follow, it's the same for internet services.

stale20024y ago

They don't have to be forced to do anything.

If these companies do not want to follow these laws, then they are within their right to not operate in the EU.

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Someone4y ago

these rules will only apply to platforms with a market cap of over €75 billion or European Economic Area turnover of over €7.5 billion (https://www.politico.eu/article/eus-digital-markets-act-adop...)

I don’t think he has he ambition to even get half-way there, and if he ever gets there, I expect he’ll be able to pay others to worry about that.

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