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[–] [email protected] 46 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Insanely bizarre, Germany has historically been pro-open source and the EU was just saying that the Fediverse is here to stay.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Could you provide a source for the second part? I'm genuinely interested

[–] SMillerNL 20 points 6 months ago (1 children)

https://social.network.europa.eu/@EU_Commission/112343309342990697

https://social.network.europa.eu/@EU_Commission/112338626558805977

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

That doesn't change the fact that the US has de facto control over most of the web infrastructure

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Germany has historically been pro-open source and the EU was just saying that the Fediverse is here to stay

That's a matter of politics. The tax authority doesn't care about the political stance of the German government. They also sometimes just take weird decisions that seem pretty random, but it's nothing political.