Can’t read the article. When will this happen?
There is no date mentioned in the article. And as far as I have understood it is not in legislation yet, but a proposal. However, since in the EU only the commission ist able to propose new legislation and has backing of the majority of the parliament, most proposals are accepted.
The proposed regulation is supposed to
- let users turn off dark patterns like auto play and streaks
- requires influencers to disclose paid promotions
- ban untrue low availability claims
- limit dynamic pricing
It is not as simple. First of all, both Parliament and Council can and regularly do propose legislation to the Commission which then commonly follows up with drafting a proposal which then goes back to Parliament and Council to amend, turn upside down or simply vote into law.
Secondly, the Commission has to navigate the voters and draft something that has a change of passing in both legislative chambers. While there is a kind of coalition in the European Parliament in support of the Commission, majorities there can be quite flexible and there have been cases where the Commission relied on alternative majorities to get certain legislation passed. That said, I do think that what you list there has a realistic chance of becoming law.
Duolingo is one of the few apps where streaks are a good thing
Kinda, but it doesn’t allow you to set rest days, which is bad.
That, and I wish it gave you a pass when you don’t have internet access. I don’t care about the streak that much, but it does irk me losing it because I was out backpacking, and not just because I was being lazy.
That’s personal preference. I hate the pressure and guilt tripping.
The proposal not about forbidding streaks, it’s about not allowing them to force that functionality onto users. I hope you realise they don’t put the functionality in there because they care so much about you making progress.
You could say the same for strava. Pressure to excercise once a week to keep your streak alive? Oh the horror
The Parliament, the Council (national governments) and citizen initiatives can request the Commission to submit proposals, but the Commission is not obliged to follow.
Here is an archived version.
The public consultation for the Act closed in October. Now it must be discussed by the European Parliament and the Council (the member states) which might happen next year. Depending on these debates and a possible adoption, entry into force in 2028 is optimistic imho.
