From the original post:

The Norwegian Government wants to implement the Digital Markets Act in Norwegian law.

Parliament has to vote on it first, but it is another step towards its implementation.

Some relevant sections:

The Norwegian government is now initiating work on a new law that will provide better competitive conditions on the internet in the face of the global tech giants. “The law will give Norwegian consumers greater freedom of choice in the use of digital services,” says Karianne Tung, Minister of Digitisation and Public Administration.

“The new rules will strengthen the competitiveness of Norwegian companies and make their services and apps easier to find online,” says the Minister of Digitalisation.

The regulations are an implementation of the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), which targets digital platform companies with a particularly dominant market position. The Minister of Digitisation says that the government aims to submit a draft law for consultation already this year. She explains that the new rules will make it easier for companies to compete on equal terms.

The regulations will apply to digital platform companies that qualify as so-called “gatekeepers”. Today, Amazon, Apple and Meta, among others, are defined as such.

For Norwegian businesses and consumers, this will mean, among other things:

• Companies will have better access to their own user data from the major platforms.
• Third-party solutions must be able to work with the major platform owners’ systems to a greater extent.
• Major players can no longer favour their own services over others on their own platforms.
• It should be easier for consumers to opt out of standard apps and services from the tech giants.
• Better control of your own data: You will have the right to transfer your own data from one platform to an other.

(These are pasts of the text and they are translated using Deepl)

Castle in the sky is my all time favourite! The music and theme hits all the right boxes for me.

It is extremely easy to switch email providers these days. I’d suggest start by setting up a forwarded mail box between Gmail and whatever new mail provider you choose. Then slowly but surely start using the new email address instead of Gmail and change the most important accounts to the new one.

From my understanding thunbird is somewhat separated from this. From the article linked by OP it says:

What’s crystal clear is that Thunderbird’s ever-increasing donation revenue (currently its sole source of income) is allowing for some explosive growth that’s long overdue. To add some context to this, Thunderbird received $2.8 million in donation revenue during 2021. Two years later, in 2023, it received $8.6 million in donations. I’m told that total financial contributions for 2024 were even higher, though the final amount hasn’t been officially released.