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Written by Jan Penfrat on 2025-01-07 at 09:17

[#]Google has so far completely ignored the #DMA's easy-switching requirements. It’s still more than 15 steps to change the default #searchengine on #Android devices, and search websites can't guide users to the setting in #Chrome.

On the choice screen obligation (art. 6(3)): Google also hasn’t rolled out updated Android choice screens to 250+ million #EU users according to competitor #Duckduckgo, who has lodged a complaint against the #gatekeeper in 2024.

Source: https://spreadprivacy.com/investigate-google-dma/

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Written by Mario Restuccia on 2025-01-07 at 09:21

@ilumium which company is actually complying with the DMA? Apple still doesn't let users install apps outside of the app store easily, Meta locked WhatsApp interoperability behind absurd requests...

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Written by Jan Penfrat on 2025-01-07 at 10:57

@mario I agree, the #DMA compliance landscape is a total mess at the moment and gatekeepers are cheating at every turn.

I wrote this a while ago about it: https://www.euronews.com/next/2024/03/06/delay-depress-destroy-how-tech-corporations-subvert-the-eus-new-digital-laws

I hope the @EUCommission is going to be real bold in enforcing this important regulation.

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Written by 🌈 Lascapi ⁂ on 2025-01-07 at 11:37

Hi @mario , you said

Meta locked WhatsApp interoperability behind absurd requests...

I'm looking for details about the process to build a service interoperable with WhatsApp and FMessenger. What are the 'absurd request' you know?

Thank you :)

@ilumium

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Written by Mario Restuccia on 2025-01-07 at 11:44

@lascapi @ilumium hi! The folx over at @matrix wrote about it some time ago: https://matrix.org/blog/2024/09/whatsapp-dma/

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Written by 🌈 Lascapi ⁂ on 2025-01-07 at 12:22

Ho! Thanks @mario

I don't know how I could have missed it! 🙈

Looks to me not so absurd, but tricky to deal with!

@ilumium @matrix

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Written by Al Downunder on 2025-01-07 at 09:30

@ilumium simply stop using Google Chrome and use another browser like Brave. Very easy to change the default search.

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Written by tentative existence on 2025-01-07 at 12:16

@ilumium Is there somewhere where I can learn those 15+ steps? I currently just go to firefox and use duckduckgo there - I didn't know it was even possible to change my andriod's default search engine.

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Written by Alexa Fontanilla on 2025-01-10 at 17:15

@ilumium

[#]PostOfTheWeek (season 2):

On Google’s non-compliance with Article 6(11), which requires Google to share anonymized click and query data.

On Google’s non-compliance with Article 6(3), which requires Google to implement choice screens and enable end users to easily change default search settings.

On Google’s non-compliance with Article 6(4), which requires any downloaded search or browser app to have the ability to prompt users to set search defaults easily.

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