With these announcements I always wonder to which degree there's a real willingness to open these networks. I'm a fan of the fediverse and the decentralized internet, but these last years have proven that it's a hard problem to solve once there's enough critical mass. Are we really going for a re-decentralization of the internet?

I'll talk about Europe, as this is the only I know about.

Here it is illegal to modchip a device and let it play pirated content, but it is explicitly legal to unlock a cellular to make it work with any carrier. Yes, you read well, there is a law that explicitly allows consumers to unlock phones, even if there still is a some-years-long contract between you and a company.

I don't really like politicians making laws about everything, but you must agree that it makes things a lot easier.