Share and join the conversation: X/Twitter, Mastodon, LinkedIn and Bluesky.| Open Web Advocacy posts
Today, in a step forward for user choice and browser competition, Apple has adopted 6 out of 11 of our recommendations to comply with the EU's Digital Markets Act in relation to browser defaults and choice screens. In addition Apple has fixed two severe and deliberate deceptive patterns that we campaigned to fix including at the DMA's workshop.| Open Web Advocacy posts
Apple announced changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store impacting developers’ apps in the EU to comply with the DMA.| Apple Newsroom
The UK's Mobile Browsers and Cloud Gaming Market Investigation Reference (MIR) has published its final report. The conclusion is clear: Apple’s “WebKit restriction”, which forces all browsers on iOS to use Apple’s engine, harms competition, stifles innovation and functionality, particularly for Web Apps.| Open Web Advocacy
The UK's CMA has launched an investigation into whether Apple and Google hold strategic market status (SMS) in mobile ecosystems, including operating systems, app stores, and mobile browsers.| Open Web Advocacy
In-App Browsers subvert user choice, stifle innovation, trap users into apps, break websites and enable applications to severely undermine user privacy. In-App Browsers hurt consumers, developers and damage the entire web ecosystem.| Open Web Advocacy
The Digital Markets Act (DMA) grace period for gatekeepers to comply has now ended.| Open Web Advocacy