Hate bullies? You'll love this story - #Apple just got kicked in the balls AGAIN for #antitrust violations.
The #DMA is badass. Serving up #bigtech before they can enact their endgame.
@patrickleavy Yeah, we just got rejected (again) for NLNet/ngi funding so I won’t be holding my breath.
@patrickleavy (You’re entirely right, though, it could. It won’t be. Not with the asshats in charge at the moment. But it could.)
@patrickleavy (And I did try to get through to them: https://ar.al/2019/11/29/the-future-of-internet-regulation-at-the-european-parliament/)
@aral holy shit you really gave them both barrels lol
Probably too much truth in one hit, and they thought you were a bit scary.
It takes people a while to get to that realisation that big tech is fucking us. A long while.
Maybe you should try again now. They'll listen this time. @bert_hubert might be able to help?
@aral wow! THESE guys rejected you?
https://nlnet.nl/commonsfund/
I would have thought what you're doing is a shoe-in.
@patrickleavy
I'm proud to be living in the EU. Especially now.
@marc_v_b although #bigtech has been cozying up to Trump for a while now:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/27/politics/big-tech-ceos-donald-trump-election/index.html
Doesn't bode well - he's pretty much won the #uselection as I type this
I hope the #EU can stay independent of all that money and lobbying