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That's strange, I wonder why not EU but rather EEA. Probably the smallest target amount compared to EU and aimed at resolving some conflict with a regulation that only affects EEA rather than EU?
The EEA contains EU countries plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
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Because other places have thriving tech industry which can’t waste time checking what browser to run
Not supporting major browsers doesnt feel like "thriving tech industry" Sounds like cheap ass startups or poorly executing corpos
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The announcement is talking about EEA rather than EU though, which smells a bit weird. I'm not sure what regulation they're trying to resolve the conflict with that is not EU wide but rather EEA and targets the usage of default browsers.
The EEA is practically “EU + a handful of countries that apply EU rules but don’t get to participate in decision making for historical reasons”. That’s why Britain didn’t even consider joining the EEA after they left the Union. From their point of view, it would still be the regulatory burden of EU membership without most of the benefits they enjoyed as a full member. When they’d decided to take the economic impact o…
Neat! But why not respect the users choice everywhere on earth?
How do I make Windows 11 think I'm in the EU?
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The announcement is talking about EEA rather than EU though, which smells a bit weird. I'm not sure what regulation they're trying to resolve the conflict with that is not EU wide but rather EEA and targets the usage of default browsers.
The EEA is practically “EU + a handful of countries that apply EU rules but don’t get to participate in decision making for historical reasons”. That’s why Britain didn’t even consider joining the EEA after they left the Union. From their point of view, it would still be the regulatory burden of EU membership without most of the benefits they enjoyed as a full member. When they’d decided to take the economic impact o…
Something which almost certainly wouldn't happen if they passed these laws by themselves, rather than as part of a much larger economic area.
But otherwise... I mostly agree with you. Lots of laws, not much representation.
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That makes me wonder: What are the rules for something to be considered a browser? Does it need to provide certain functionality, or can I register anything as a browser and just have links open in an editor?
Afaik to make a program selectable as default browser, one needs to register it as a protocol handler for http and https urls in the registry. https://stackoverflow.com/a/38205984/2306536
Neat! But why not respect the users choice everywhere on earth?
Neat! But why not respect the users choice everywhere on earth?
We don’t police tech monopolies in the USA, they are actually in charge because all of Congress owns the SP500, which is dominated by tech. We have to find a way out of this dystopia spiral.
The US doesn't, in general, give any extra rights or protections to its people without a bit of force, and then one is lucky.
Hence, no real consumer protection (which would include this). No signing of a thing giving rights for children, and so on. The rights folks legally have were grand enough 200 years ago, but have become substandard over time with little upgrading.
Neat! But why not respect the users choice everywhere on earth?
We don’t police tech monopolies in the USA, they are actually in charge because all of Congress owns the SP500, which is dominated by tech. We have to find a way out of this dystopia spiral.