EU negotiators agree new rules to rein in tech giants
This has to extend to business as well as consumer use. Give people
the power to choose technology in <i>all</i> contexts. That&#x27;s all we need.<p>You use Zoom, Teams, Facebook or whatever you like, I&#x27;ll use my Jitsi
or home grown WebRTC solution. Fairness can be that simple.<p>But interoperability legislation can only go so far to fixing things
because we also need to tackle:<p>- Regulator and institutional capture by vendor lobbying (bribes)<p>- &quot;Preferred solution&quot; impositions masquerading as fake security
   &quot;policy&quot;<p>- Lack of skills in organisations.<p>- Poor education about the risks of technological mono-cultures<p>- Technical lock-in measures, DRM, TPM enclaves<p>BigTech domination has been going on for 10-15 years now, and it has
become more than just than just a set of facts around market shares
and network effects. It&#x27;s gotten soaked into our culture and the
marrow of our institutions and will take a good deal of pain to chase
out.