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Until EU understand that the only weak spot of Big Tech is to enforce very simple and stable in time protocols/file formats for interop (client and server), they don't stand a chance against big tech planned obsolescence and control.

And of course, EU has to use ONLY those.

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Not the only weak spot, but a great idea, yes. Certain apps have become like infrastructure, practically impossible to avoid and very valuable to citizens. So it makes sense to regulate it like this to bring into the control of those citizens.

For instance, nearly 100% of those online services can be provided in a more than good enough fashion via http&noscript/basic (x)html (like most were before they broke it... to favor google&apple only apps...).

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