The Norwegian government is now initiating work on a new law that will provide better competitive conditions on the internet in the face of the global tech giants. "The law will give Norwegian consumers greater freedom of choice in the use of digital services," says Karianne Tung, Minister of Digitisation and Public Administration.
"The new rules will strengthen the competitiveness of Norwegian companies and make their services and apps easier to find online," says the Minister of Digitalisation.
The regulations are an implementation of the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA), which targets digital platform companies with a particularly dominant market position. The Minister of Digitisation says that the government aims to submit a draft law for consultation already this year. She explains that the new rules will make it easier for companies to compete on equal terms.
The regulations will apply to digital platform companies that qualify as so-called "gatekeepers". Today, Amazon, Apple and Meta, among others, are defined as such.
For Norwegian businesses and consumers, this will mean, among other things:
Companies will have better access to their own user data from the major platforms.
Third-party solutions must be able to work with the major platform owners' systems to a greater extent.
Major players can no longer favour their own services over others on their own platforms.
It should be easier for consumers to opt out of standard apps and services from the tech giants.
Better control of your own data: You will have the right to transfer your own data from one platform to an other.

(These are pasts of the text and they are translated using Deepl)

10mo ago

[3D Pinball Space Cadet] Someone ported the iconic pinball game from Windows XP to Android, and it’s free

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Sips' @slrpnk.net 10mo ago

Yer thats good, I just "have" to point these things out in general. I assume most people here on Lemmy know a thing or two already about this :P

10mo ago

[3D Pinball Space Cadet] Someone ported the iconic pinball game from Windows XP to Android, and it’s free

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Sips' @slrpnk.net 10mo ago

FYI: The one you linked is riddeled with trackers and ads, as well as needing more permissions than needed.

vs.

For those interested the full report of the app: https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/com.azurinteractive.pinball/latest/

10mo ago

Instead of just proposing replacements, what are some unique soft drinks from your country? This is chinotto, an Italian soda made with a citrus similar to bitter orange called chinotto

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Sips' @slrpnk.net 10mo ago

We have Solo! IMO a better than Fanta alternative.

10mo ago

The "Furiousa" y'all helped me name is doing so much better today!

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Sips' @slrpnk.net 10mo ago

Thank you for keeping us posted, all the best for the little fighter!

10mo ago

Papra, the minimalistic document archiving platform

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Sips' @slrpnk.net 10mo ago

Dont think so no. Everything is docker and linux for a reason...

10mo ago

Plex staff leaving review on Play Store for Plex

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Sips' @slrpnk.net 10mo ago

It could. But the co-founder and staff have replied on the thread without addressing it being false. Feel like they would have called it out being fake if it truly was.

10mo ago

Norwegian Support for EU Membership Hits 15-Year High! - in 2015, only 18% supported joining the EU, while 72% opposed-a staggering net of 54%.

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Sips' @slrpnk.net 10mo ago

Depends who's asking 😉

10mo ago

BeReal - The Privacy Nightmare

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Sips' @slrpnk.net 10mo ago

It was literally everywhere only a year ago or so in my country. Luckily its started to die out, hoping that trend continues.

10mo ago

Plex staff leaving review on Play Store for Plex

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Sips' @slrpnk.net 10mo ago

Yeah fair enough, and I do agree. I only reused the title of the forum post where this was originally posted. Have changed the title up now.

10mo ago

Plex staff leaving review on Play Store for Plex

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Sips' @slrpnk.net 10mo ago

10mo ago

Plex staff leaving review on Play Store for Plex

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Sips' @slrpnk.net 10mo ago

Don't know for sure ofc, but the co-founder has commented in the thread without addressing the issue. They've also closed the thread without addressing all together which also seems weird. Surely if it wasn't him they would have said so?