> EU's age verification app that will only work on attested phones?

This is not a single unified front. Multiple battles are ongoing simultaneously.

There are strong proponents of anti-monopoly and digital sovereignty in government, just as there are those that want to push for a surveillance state.

Here are some recent and non-insignificant things that the EU and UK have required Google and Apple do:

- Support "side loaded" apps (as Google works to remove the ability)

- Standardize on USB-C

- Force alternative payments platforms

- Force Apple to stop requiring WebKit and WebKit runtimes

They're just getting started!

> I have very little confidence that is likely.

I have a great deal of confidence that the world is ready for this. Every non-US nation wants to break the stranglehold US tech has on their countries. The EU, UK, and ASEAN have a tremendous amount of power here.

We also have a huge reservoir of political support for breaking up tech monopolies inside the US. Lots of high profile politicians are ready to go to work on this, on both sides of the aisle.

Moreover, you have every single other company on the planet that wants this duopoly fractured. Entire industries that salivate over this.

It's just a matter of time and making sure we make these points articulate and loudly heard.

This is far more effective than trying to hack your device and proclaim "year of linux on android 2030". That doesn't work. It's a miserable experience and doesn't help a single other person.