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But where is the EU?

They should be funding FOSS like they are funding science.

sfdlkj3jk342a | parent | next
I don't think the EU wants FOSS phones. If anything they'll push regulations that make them illegal to own. They want backdoors for all of your communication.
holgerschurig | root | parent | next
You have a very narrow view of the EU. The EU isn't a single body, dictated by some common mind.

We have the EU Parliament, the EU Council, the EU Commission. Often they have different views in itself (e.g. factions in EU Parliament, or commissars in the commission that are more end-user-friendly vs. ones that are move business-friendly). And the EU Council (the ring of head-of-member-states) is more often than not just of one opinion, e.g. thing at Poland when it was governed by PiS. Or of Hungary and to some smaller extend Slovakia.

"The EU wants ..." is therefore quite often wrong.

raincole | root | parent | next
https://fightchatcontrol.eu/

If out of 720 MEPs, 568 are supporting Chat Control, then yes, I think it's very fair to say "The EU wants...".

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stavros | root | parent
If it's been trying to get passed for years and hasn't yet, I think it's fair to say the EU very much doesn't want.
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troupo | root | parent | next
> If anything they'll push regulations that make them illegal to own.

And this inane take is based on what exactly?

Not on recent regulations that literally force companies to open up and interoperate?

victorbjorklund | root | parent
I think you are talking about Trump and Palantir. That is more US thing.
scientism | parent | next
The EU Commission had an open consultation about "Open Source and Digital Ecosystems" recently and is planing to (more) heavily invest in OSS in the future as a matter of sovereignty. https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/commission-ope...
nicce | parent | next
Don’t they already fund more than anyone else? Not saying that it is currently enough.
Fervicus | parent | next
They are busy pushing Chat Control.
urza | parent
EU will put strong statement out soon.