This has a fair bit more to do with protecting consumers rather than just sideloading.

Direct democracy in reality is people doing a mexican wave at a sports game.... anything more complex is doomed to failure!

Those articles 13 and 15 may also protect you from AI thieving all your work!

They didn't destroy the internet, but they did embolden the platforms at the cost of smaller players, who couldn't step up

article titled "Why No Amount of Public Money Will Buy a Euro-Amazon." The piece examines the challenges Europe faces in replicating the success of e-commerce giants like Amazon, despite potential public funding efforts. It discusses issues related to scale, market dynamics, consumer preferences, and the necessity for substantial investment in innovation.

The fuller process is described as:

Under Article 258 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU), if the Member State concerned does not comply with the reasoned opinion within the period laid down by the Commission, the latter may bring the matter before the Court of Justice of the European Union. Additionally, under Article 260(3) TFEU, the Commission can call on the Court of Justice of the EU to impose financial sanctions on the Member States that failed to fulfil their obligation to notify measures transposing a legislative directive

Good point.

The Counsel vote was from the executive branch, the country vote is from the legislative branch.

This is not new, Google alone spent $30 on lobbying against the CopyrightDirective in 2019.

See here https://twitter.com/NetopiaEU/status/1518004597335506944

It's a done deal, and includes the following

  https://twitter.com/NetopiaEU/status/1517664736665645057

Room for a family - this is the home offered.