How is it “malicious”?
Comment on [deleted]
helenslunch@feddit.nl 8 months agoSeems unlikely. This is Meta’s malicious compliance with MDA or whatever from the EU.
jarfil@beehaw.org 8 months ago
helenslunch@feddit.nl 8 months ago
We don’t know yet the full answer to that but I’d say being “opt in” without any sort of prompt ( especially when every other fucking Meta feature is “opt out” ), or having unidirectional federation would qualify as malicious.
thingsiplay@beehaw.org 8 months ago
At what exactly do you refer to? Meta does not need to federate with the Fediverse. I am not aware of any law that would force Meta doing this.
Lionir@beehaw.org 8 months ago
The DMA has clauses that force big companies that are considered “gatekeepers” to allow interoperability with other services.
thingsiplay@beehaw.org 8 months ago
Good to know! I guess that’s why Apple is forced to communicate with Android.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 8 months ago
Yes, also why Apple is going to allow sideloading (even though they also are complying maliciously) and also MS now allows you to uninstall Edge.
All of this, of course, only applies in the EU.