My guess is that people who would use DEX is also people who are satisfied with ChromeOS. Which is just as closed down.

Hopefully, when Android does this, they will be under same gatekeeper restrictions in the EU as Windows.

Random question, as Im guessing you are from the states.

How impossible is it actually in pratice to vote in other parties than Democrats and Republicans?

Asking because it seems like you got a hard time changing things, if theres no competition in politics.

But only as it seems.

EU fines is a ladder system. First offence it can be around the 600m. Next one is % of their income worldwide (not profit).

Should they hit hard on the first offence? Maybe, but getting the first strike is not fun either with how this system works.

For sure. Their decision about OpenStreetMaps seems pretty wise.

Imagine if we end up a place, where this tarrif shitshow actually ends up with EU and the world being independent from big tech corps on Maps, Office (Word, Excel), Windows etc.

Sometimes all we need is a wake up call.

Aah, the US.

The only place in the world where everyone knows the word ‘communism’ and nobody knows what it is.

Russia and China are not communism btw. :shocked Pikachu:

This is the way.

I for sure also want to access it on my Home Assistant, and it really can save alot of power to automate it. Even going down to 20C in the night, and make it going to 22C before anyone wakes up saves alot in a year.

They call the product line ‘Nest’, because it’s where their data servers is getting nutrition from.

So Google is telling us, they cant make a product if there are standards or requirements for what they are doing?

That means whatever US customers are buying, theres something in it, that does something illegal in EU.

Same, good to find out though. Good thing is some phone manufatures will now actually have to do something about poor efficiency, if they want to sell more.

I always look at it when buying machines for my home, why not a phone.

EU is democratic, which also means everyone can propose a law. Never have EU put a backdoor into anything, but its true that there have been law proposals for it.

Never voted through.

EU could potentially make a group category like for Norway or Switzerland, and then take in other countries all around the world to cooperate more and stand together with the EU on some issues.

Canada would be a great candidate. Maybe even Australia, but I dont really know anything about their politics.

EU and its contries are pro open source and I fucking love it.