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Developers fighting self-serving restrictions imposed on the web by tech giants. Help us end the #AppleBrowserBan & make web apps 1st-class citizens everywhere.

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The UK Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill ("DMCC") has been passed by the Parliament!🇬🇧🇬🇧

This gives the UK regulator the tools they need to fight anti-competitive conduct from the gatekeepers.

Thanks to all those that made it happen!

🎉🎊🎉

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"What they did not do was make mobile Safari good ... The reason that Apple doesn't allow that to happen, is because the Web is now the most powerful application distribution mechanism that has ever existed and if you bring that to the iPad, the App Store goes away."

  • The Vergecast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8s4SuuMMj0&t=5142s

scottjehl, to random
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In watching talks this week about all that has recently landed or is on the way right now, I don't recall a time when useful features were standardizing and landing in browsers at anything near the speed we're seeing now. So many JS workarounds are being replaced with simple, often elegant declarative alternatives. Great to see

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@slightlyoff @scottjehl One of the aims when we started was to ensure Safari got a bigger budget... hopefully with competition it will continue to increase!

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Apple essentially demanding that browser vendors relocate their iOS browser development teams to the EU.

The next episode of malicious compliance:
https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/17/apple_browser_eu/

owa,
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@niutech @meduz For some cases simulator or remote testing would be ok, but there are many cases that you need a real device. Bugs that only appear on real devices, or if your trying to test responsiveness to touch input, or security issues. For practical purposes you need a device on your desk that you can update and test.

owa,
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@meduz It's not practical in many cases to rely on the simulator for testing. Bugs can occur only on real devices, and it can be really hard to test responsiveness to input on simulators or remote testing.

As far as we know it's quite difficult to get around the geofencing without breaching Apple's terms and conditions.

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iPhone web browser choice gets one thing right, two things wrong, say developers

https://9to5mac.com/2024/04/29/iphone-web-browser-choice/

owa, to random
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Do you work for a gatekeeper and have inside information about shady practices? Do the right thing 👇

https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/commission-launches-whistleblower-tools-digital-services-act-and-digital-markets-act

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In a win for browser competition, Apple has been designated with respect to iPadOS under the Digital Markets Act.🇪🇺

Apple now has six months to ensure full compliance of iPadOS with the DMA obligations.⏰
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_2363

owa,
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We wrote about this when the investigation started:
https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/owa-eu-dma-submission-apple-ipados/

owa,
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https://open-web-advocacy.org/files/OWA%20-%20Response%20to%20EU%20regarding_Apple_iPadOS_-_v1.1.pdf

owa,
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@amxmln hopefully they won’t ever try that again. That was a very stressful month but hopefully the outcome will discourage from trying anything that blatantly anti-competitive and malicious

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The DMA's decision to open an investigation into Apple which includes choice screens, uninstallation and defaults has now been published:

https://ec.europa.eu/competition/digital_markets_act/cases/202417/DMA_100185_299.pdf

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Interesting : https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2024/04/18/2024-web-platform-top-developer-needs-dashboard/

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Apple really doesn't want you to know how to change the default browser. @darkpatterns #Apple

https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/apples-one-weird-trick-to-stop-you-changing-your-default-browser/

owa, to random
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The European Commission's decision to not designate Microsoft Edge has now been published:
https://ec.europa.eu/competition/digital_markets_act/cases/202416/DMA_100028_3470.pdf

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Installing App Stores on iOS is exclusive to Safari. Apple, the DMA doesn't allow you to make OS features exclusive to your own browser any more.

However it is great to see the first app store competitor on iOS @altstore even if Apple is trying it's best to kill competition by scare screens and the core technology fee.

https://fosstodon.org/@altstore/112287928673122611

owa, to random
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https://ios404.com is #1 on HackerNews 🏆

owa, to random
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Q: What effect has Apple's browser ban on iOS had?
A: https://ios404.com/

owa,
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@coldkennels @alfonsoml which browser does your partner use and on what OS?

The AppStore is very poorly checked. Everything needs to be built in the platform as it’s not possible for 500 people to check 1 million apps per week.

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"That certainly feels like Apple making a design choice that just so happens to favor its own app—which is exactly what the DMA is taking aim at."

Six Color's Dan Moren covers Apple's dark patterns with Safari:

https://sixcolors.com/link/2024/04/report-dmas-browser-choice-requirement-benefiting-third-party-browsers/

owa,
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Read our original blog post here:
https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/apples-one-weird-trick-to-stop-you-changing-your-default-browser/

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"If Safari is not the default browser, there will be an option for 'Default Browser App' ... But if Safari is set as the default, this option disappears."

ArsTechnica's Ashley Belanger covers Apple's dark patterns.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/report-people-are-bailing-on-safari-after-dma-makes-changing-defaults-easier/

owa,
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Read our orginal blog post here: https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/apples-one-weird-trick-to-stop-you-changing-your-default-browser/

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Making myself happy by stripping out loads of JS and replacing it with declarative markup and modern CSS, which will work in modern (evergreen) browsers, and Safari too.

owa,
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@cdevroe @brucelawson and a wide variety of bugs affecting the resizing of the visual viewport and scrolling of the page in reaction to onscreen keyboard appearance on iOS.

All of this is because of underfunding for over a decade caused by a lack of competition... OWA will try to fix the competition aspect, which will lead to funding, which will lead to a reliable platform for building apps.

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