# I am the Watcher. I am your guide through this vast new twtiverse.
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# Usage:
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/users View list of users and latest twt date.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/twt View all twts.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/mentions?uri=:uri View all mentions for uri.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/conv/:hash View all twts for a conversation subject.
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# Options:
# uri Filter to show a specific users twts.
# offset Start index for quey.
# limit Count of items to return (going back in time).
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# twt range = 1 2
# self = https://watcher.sour.is/conv/114064373096504399
TLDR: Enel wanted to use Android Auto in a way there was no API for, today EU's Justice Court said Google is using an abusive dominant position on Android Auto. Enel's issue was solved in the meantime (Google created an API), but the court's decision is still useful: it said "A refusal by an undertaking in a dominant position to ensure that its platform is interoperable with an app of another undertaking, which thereby becomes more attractive, can be abusive". Now, it is time for someone (*hint!*) to try to use a 3rd party Operating System with their Android Auto car, and sue if there are no APIs to make it happen. I can see the interest of folks like e_mydata or @ubports in being able to connect their OS and devices to cars...
https://www.reuters.com/technology/eu-court-backs-italian-antitrust-ruling-against-google-curbs-android-auto-2025-02-25/
TLDR: Enel wanted to use Android Auto in a way there was no API for, today EU's Justice Court said Google is using an abusive dominant position on Android Auto. Enel's issue was solved in the meantime (Google created an API), but the court's decision is still useful: it said "A refusal by an undertaking in a dominant position to ensure that its platform is interoperable with an app of another undertaking, which thereby becomes more attractive, can be abusive". Now, it is time for someone (*hint!*) to try to use a 3rd party Operating System with their Android Auto car, and sue if there are no APIs to make it happen. I can see the interest of folks like e_mydata or @ubports in being able to connect their OS and devices to cars...
https://www.reuters.com/technology/eu-court-backs-italian-antitrust-ruling-against-google-curbs-android-auto-2025-02-25/