[FSFE PR][DE] Digital Markets Act - Device Neutrality must be consolidated in the legislation
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= Digital Markets Act - Device Neutrality must be consolidated in the legislation =
[ Online lesen: https://fsfe.org/news/2021/news-20211213-01.de.html ]
On December 15, the Digital Markets Act, the EU's comprehensive
regulatory package for internet platforms, will go through plenary
voting at the European Parliament. The FSFE calls for consolidating
Device Neutrality to enable fair and non-discriminatory use of Free
Software in digital devices.
The European Union is about to introduce a major overhaul of Internet
legislation with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) [1]. After successful
committee voting on 22 November, the European Parliament will conduct
plenary voting on 15 December. The FSFE advocates Device Neutrality [2]
as a fundamental step to achieve a contestable, open, and competitive
digital market in the EU and urges the European Parliament to secure
this principle in the final voting.
== Device Neutrality - fostering Free Sofware in an end-user centric digital market ==
The DMA focuses on "gatekeepers", understood as very large tech
companies that have control over large parts of digital services, such
as search engines, social networking services, messaging services,
operating systems, and online intermediation services. While digital
devices are a ubiquitous reality in all aspects of life, our control
over the hardware and software running on them is increasingly being
limited. Device Neutrality is the policy concept that users should have
the right of non-discrimination of the services and software they use,
based on platform control by hardware vendors, manufacturers, and
service providers. The goal is to enable users to bypass gatekeepers and
enable a fair and non-discriminatory use of Free Software in devices.
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Jetzt Unterstützer werden [3] After many iterations and amendments,
the DMA's final text submitted to the plenary voting incorporates the
following Device Neutrality principles, which the FSFE urges the
European Parliament to consolidate in the plenary voting:
- *Strict end-user consent for pre-installed apps*. The DMA must impose
on gatekeepers the obligation to allow their customers to uninstall
any pre-installed software applications they provide on their services
or with their hardware. This means more restrictive rules for pre-
installed apps, providing users the same access privileges for both
pre-installed and alternative apps, and the possibility to uninstall
pre-loaded apps.
- *No vendor lock-in*. The DMA should enable side-loading of apps in
dominant operating systems, so consumers can install any compatible
software on their devices. The DMA should require gatekeepers to
permit third-party app stores and code repositories that compete with
their own. The law must prohibit gatekeepers limiting the ability of
end-users to switch between and subscribe to different software
applications and services. This will prevent gatekeepers from locking
users into specific service providers.
- *Interoperability of services based on* Open Standards [4]. It is
urgent for the DMA to require gatekeepers to provide access and
interoperability to hardware and software features accessed or
controlled via the gatekeeper's operating system. That means that the
operating system's functionalities and available APIs should be
transparent and available to apps in a non-discriminatory way.
Interoperability should be defined by Open Standards.
- *Real-time data portability*. The DMA should require gatekeepers to
provide real-time data portability for devices, so that consumers can
switch from one device to another - including operating systems - as
smoothly as possible.
Zur Diskussion [5]
1: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/OJQ-9-2021-12-15_EN.html
2: https://fsfe.org/news/2021/news-20211122-01.de.html
3: https://my.fsfe.org/donate?referrer=https://fsfe.org/news/2021/news-20211213-01.html
4: https://fsfe.org/freesoftware/standards/index.de.html
5: https://community.fsfe.org/t/780
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Menschen im selbstbestimmten Umgang mit Technik unterstützt. Software
beeinflusst sämtliche Bereiche unseres Lebens. Es ist wichtig, dass
diese Technik uns hilft, statt uns einzuschränken. Freie Software gibt
allen das Recht, Programme für jeden Zweck zu verwenden, zu verstehen,
zu verbreiten und zu verbessern. Diese Freiheiten stärken andere
Grundrechte wie die Redefreiheit, die Pressefreiheit und das Recht auf
Privatsphäre.
Die FSFE hilft Menschen und Organisationen dabei, zu verstehen, wie
Freie Software zu Freiheit, Transparenz und Selbstbestimmung beiträgt.
Sie stärkt Nutzerrechte, indem sie Hürden für den Einsatz Freier
Software beseitigt, ermutigt Menschen zum Einsatz und zur Entwicklung
Freier Software, und stellt Ressourcen für alle bereit, die Freie
Software in Europa voranbringen wollen.
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