Thursday, March 19, 2026

Google reveals its solution for true Android sideloading: a mandatory waiting period

 The Verge, here

As explained by Android themselves here 

Many weird things there, but the worst one, possibly, is the 24 h fake deliberation period used only to introduce friction.

WhatsApp Interoperability and BirdyChat: How It Works

BirdyChat Blog, here

Monday, March 09, 2026

Friday, March 06, 2026

Stark und zukunftsfähig – Wikipedia reagiert auf die Herausforderungen des Internets

 Wikipedia DE, hier.

Behind the Velvet Rope: The AI Divide on Display at the India AI Impact Summit 2026

 Mozilla, here.

Maintaining Open Source in the Age of Generative AI: Recommendations for Maintainers and Contributors

:probabl.blog, here

Repenser la souveraineté numérique à l’ère de l’intelligence artificielle

 Y. Lechelle, ici.

And here.

AI, copyright and the creative industries

 House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee, here.

Germany’s privacy chief gets sidelined as intel services bulk up

 Politico.eu, here.

UK dentists, beware!

 Here.

It is plainly a good thing if competition law manages to save British families a couple of pounds. But the CMA's priority setting has a faintly playground quality to it: much easier for the regulator  to pick on the weak than to take on the strong.



Kartellrecht in Zeiten maximalen Wandels

 A. Mundt, hier.

If alternative app stores are expected to meet high trust standards, how will those requirements interact with the existence of independent distribution channels?

 Aptoide, here.

AI and collusion: frontiers, opportunities and challenges

 CMA Blog, here.

Market Power in Transition Conference: Data Compute and Control

 Columbia Business School, videos here Lina Khan and more.

Commissioner of Competition v. Google Canada

 Here.

Thursday, March 05, 2026

Google Is Closing Android. 37 Orgs Are Fighting Back.

 TechLore, here

Epic and Google have signed a special deal for a new class of ‘metaverse’ apps

 The Verge, here.

[BTW, while "Free the app stores" was the topic of Episode 1 of the DMA Vox Populi Podcast, Episode 2 is all about browsers and PWAs, preview here

Monday, March 02, 2026

A Fight Worth Fighting: Free the App Stores!

 




DMA Vox Populi Podcast, here and here.

Amuse bouche here. 

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