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wolf89618··on Apple announces ability to download apps directly from websites in EU
> 4. The gatekeeper shall allow and technically enable the installation and effective use of third-party software applications or software application stores using, or interoperating with, its operating system and allow those software applications or software application stores to be accessed by means other than the relevant core platform services of that gatekeeper.

> 7. The gatekeeper shall allow providers of services and providers of hardware, free of charge, effective interoperability with, and access for the purposes of interoperability to, the same hardware and software features accessed or controlled via the operating system…

More about DMA here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apples-dma-malicious-co...

wolf89618··on Spec Ops: The Line permanently removed from Steam and other digital stores
The reason:

>several partnership licenses related to the game are expiring (says the publisher, 2K)

>The licenses referenced likely have to do with the game’s music. During the The Line’s menu screen, Jimi Hendrix’s rendition of “The Star Spangled Banner” can be heard while the game’s soundtrack includes Martha and The Vandellas’ “Nowhere to Run.”

wolf89618··on There's So Much Data Even Spies Are Struggling to Find Secrets
There is more of a fragmentation of social media networks now than before. More corporations are trying to enter that business I guess. In effect, this makes it less of a chock to say that you don't use Facebook, because you could easily be using another platform. So given that you don't use Facebook there is a lower probablitiy that you are avoiding social media entirely, hence less drama.