European digital ID wallets are a gift to Google and Apple

Re:European digital ID wallets are a gift to Google and Apple by blitzar on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @08:17AM (#48731644)

> €2 billion over seven years to fund alternatives to proprietary software

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Re:European digital ID wallets are a gift to Google and Apple by jampekka on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @09:11AM (#48732270)

For context, as yearly spending of 285 million €, that compares to building roughly 20 km of motorway, or 0.5% of EU's agriculture subsidies, or half what the German federal government pays Microsoft per year.

Edit: 2000m/7 is 285m, not 466m.

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Re:European digital ID wallets are a gift to Google and Apple by blitzar on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @09:12AM (#48732293)

> if they just spent a little, maybe as much as a couple of million it would make a huge difference, but they refuse to ...

they do.

> 250 million isn't much ...

sigh.

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Re:European digital ID wallets are a gift to Google and Apple by realusername on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @08:38AM (#48731881)

I'll believe it when I'll see it, for now I haven't seen any of the Android forks (LineageOS, EOS, GrapheneOS...) or Linux OS (Phosh, Plasma mobile, Ubports, ...) get any funds from the EU.

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Re:European digital ID wallets are a gift to Google and Apple by blitzar on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @08:48AM (#48732001)

You will see it when you look.

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