Technology @lemmy.world Rob200 @lemmy.autism.place 9 hr. ago

Eu to make Apple open up operating system to rival tech (link added forgot to include it this morning)

apnews.com /article/apple-ios-european-union-digital-rules-eb524269a4caf6f51484be64253f1f5e

An erra is to come to an end as the Eu says enough is enough and introduces new rules and hefty fines.

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Hey comment section I forgot to add the URL to this post before posting it earlier today, I added it in now.
What does it mean to "open up" an operating system in this context? Do they mean something like the possibility to intall other OSes on their devices, or that the app stores needs to be more open? I'm guessing it does not mean they have to start open source:ing parts of the OS... or?
- Probably to allow proper sideloading of apps, instead of the contrived bullshit they already tried to pull.
  
  What they've done can be described as nothing other than malicious non-compliance and the EU has been dragging their feet on enforcement.
- I would love if device makers were forced to open up their hardware to other OSs. Unlockable bootloaders for all as well as allowing users to install their own signing keys so secure boot can remain enabled.
  
  Granted, there would still be black box firmware required to use half the components inside, but that's another battle.
  
  This should be a right of the consumer that purchased the hardware. Same goes for gaming consoles. You used to be able to officially install Linux on a PlayStation.
- We are talking about lawmakers making this demand. They don’t have a fucking clue what the difference is between all these possibilities.
- From the last paragraph, it sounds like the intent is to make it easier to switch devices and services, which would be great
Let's go one further and compel Apple, Microsoft, and Google to open source their entire operating systems. :)
- I am almost certain there would be two major impacts from that. The first being that operating system development would slow to the pace that the community wishes instead of having big money behind it. And the second is that security updates would come quite a bit faster.
  
  Edit: I figure brand new major features would be slower in coming. But security would be improved.
  
  Open source doesn't mean open source development. But yes on the bugfixes
  
  The operating system that runs most servers, a lot of them doing web cloud and networking, with high levels of security (developed by security companies) is open source, the *BSD distributions and also Linux.
  But I also have doubts if this is the right move.
Apple opening up would makes to mean toward them more. Still, I'm only going to get a new phone after 2026, after the EU's battery mandate in force.

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