gives a speech at the 🇪🇺European Commission's Digital Markets Act workshop to discuss why Web Apps are so incredibly important to the future of mobile ecosystems, apps and the web
at a formal Hearing about the #appleBrowserBan at the Competition and Markets Authority HQ in Laaahnndahn. Naturally, we got a photo as we left the office. Not all heroes wear capes.
You really start to wonder how many problems could have been avoided if they got the experts in the room who could have told them this seven years ago, rather than deciding that Home Counties Karens shouting at the internet made for viable policymaking.
But his conclusion "I would also expect that browsers like Chrome and Firefox won’t be able to save web apps to the home screen as standalone web apps" seems unlikely, as that's the sort of self-preferencing regulators are working to quash.
Third time lucky? There have been 2 previous ports of real Firefox (with Gecko, an advanced engine), but this new one is taking place in an environment of regulatory requirements to end the #appleBrowserBan. Yay.
Mozilla is working on bringing Firefox to iOS
Real @firefox with Gecko !
Apple's over a decade long ban on competitive third party browsers has almost certainly cost Firefox significant market share and 100s of millions in lost revenue.
https://theregister.com/2023/02/07/mozilla_google_apple_webkit/…
I try not to get down about it, but I've now been on the job hunt for five months. I'm bored more than anything else. Who has a policy job that fits the criteria?
to compare Native like capabilities on the Web.
https://howfuguismybrowser.dev outlines support for a wide variety of features important for various applications.
LAST CALL: Less than two days left for you to have your voice heard on the UKs investigation into Apple's effective ban of third party iOS browsers.
Closes at midnight, Tuesday 17 January 2023 UK time.
Please email browsersandcloud@cma.gov.uk explaining your views.
👇More Info
The UKs Competion and Markets Authority has released an issues statement on their market investigation reference into Mobile Browsers and Cloud Gaming.
They are seeking input into the issues and remedies raised.
@cmagovuk
If you are a company or individual who has been affected by Apple's effective ban of third party browsers on iOS, please make your voice heard by writing in.
You can contact the CMA at browsersandcloud@cma.gov.uk no later than midnight, Tuesday 17 January 2023 UK time.
Please note your submission can be private.
So if you have moment to spare, please write in and let the CMA know how these issues affect you or your company, every voice counts and makes a difference❤️
The 🇬🇧UKs Competion and Markets Authority has released an issues statement on their market investigation reference into Mobile Browsers and Cloud Gaming.
They are seeking input into the issues and remedies raised.
OK technically we should be moving on to Cherry Red's because it's 6pm but I have just been bought a whole beer so we may be momentarily delayed. #brumtechxmas22
Does anyone out there have this game, the "Complete Music Quiz Night In", and can tell us what the track listing is for the audio CD in it that we have just discovered that we do not have?
, and various other places over the course of the day. Have a coffee or a drink for 1 hour or all day: a chat after enforced techlessness over Christmas! See you there!
https://kryogenix.org/brumtechxmas22/
FYI, #GoDaddy is affected by a massive hack that is randomly redirecting to bad sites. They confirmed it's happening all across their network and are supposedly "working on it". Recommend you contact support and reference Incident # INC-5492776 as proof of the issue. #BREAKING
FYI, #GoDaddy is affected by a massive hack that is randomly redirecting to bad sites. They confirmed it's happening all across their network and are supposedly "working on it". Recommend you contact support and reference Incident # INC-5492776 as proof of the issue. #BREAKING
Mobile tech is a duopoly run by two companies - Google and Apple - with a combined $3.5T market cap. Each uses a combination of tech, law, contract and market power to force sellers to do commerce via apps, and each extracts a *massive* commission in-app sales - 15-30%! 1/