EU tells Google to open up AI on Android; Google says that's "unwarranted intervention"
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/europe-could-force-google-to-open-android-to-other-ai-assistants/
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/europe-could-force-google-to-open-android-to-other-ai-assistants/
16 Comments
stoicEuropean@lemmy.ml · 63 pts · 127d
“Unwarranted intervention” is pretty convenient when you own the platform and write all the rules to unfairly benefit yourself. Android/Playstore is not a neutral marketplace under those conditions. Non-intervention is not neutral either. It locks in default power and keeps competitors at a disadvantage.
So the only sensible option is to regulate the heck out of big tech.
bedwyr@piefed.ca · 34 pts · 127d
It would be better if they mandated an easy way to remove gemini from android. You can't remove it, there are videos on how to do it online, and instructions, none of them work. It's buried deep in there on purpose, and likely spying on you even when you restrict the app which is the most you can seemingly do.
whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 126d
flashback of me trying to remove Internet explorer from Windows XP
bedwyr@piefed.ca · 1 pts · 126d
It's actually spelled 'Internet Exploder.'
krisevol@lemmus.org · -10 pts · 127d
Your phone already tracks your movements, record if you are driving or walking, and your direction of travel, and has been for years.
This isn't likely, it has already been doing that
njm1314@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 127d
I'll never understand these types of myopic comments. How do you have time to write them when you are so busy rolling over to show your belly?
LikeableLime@piefed.social · 5 pts · 126d
I already had that person tagged as a Billionaire Defender. They do this frequently
krisevol@lemmus.org · -4 pts · 126d
But we have already rolled over years ago. Including you if you use a smart phone.
bedwyr@piefed.ca · 15 pts · 127d
There is a lot more information to steal than what they take right now. Also a lot of ways of manipulating how the phone operates based on that information.
87Six@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 126d
if someone fucks your wife you flip her over to the next hole
krisevol@lemmus.org · -4 pts · 126d
In this case, my wife has already been getting fucked for years.
So what's the difference.
87Six@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 126d
...your dignity, knowing you could do something about it but don't
krisevol@lemmus.org · -1 pts · 126d
But we haven't in a decade of phone tracking.
newton@feddit.online · 18 pts · 126d
I love my grapheneOs
87Six@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 126d
tell her I love her too
Zacryon@feddit.org · 11 pts · 126d
Ah go fuck yourself Google. Let's talk about it when you stop stalking and manipulating people.