The most entertaining submission to the CMA has to be this short but sharp submission from Mike Padgett.
Thanks Mike.
"It's insane that I even have to write this email...."
Remember, Apple also won't allow other browsers to bring better UI for this either, because they self-preference regarding web app installation.
Only Safari is allowed, and it's nowhere near up to scratch.
Installing a Web App on Android and Installing a Web App on iOS are worlds apart
Apple benefits from making Web Apps impossible for normal users to discover. Regulators must step in to fix this anti-competitive behaviour.
However Google, although better than Apple, still does not provide the ability for third party browsers to properly Install Web Apps despite having promised the functionality YEARS ago.
Thanks to all web developers who took the time & trouble to reply to CMA's consultations. Big Tech firms have whole departments who leap into action if regulators start sniffing, and the money to set up pseudo-associations to lobby on their behalf. We didn't; you had our backs.
BREAKING NEWS: The UK has made the decision to open a Market Investigation Reference into Browsers and Cloud Gaming.
This is a huge step towards restoring browser competition, ending the #AppleBrowserBan and ensuring Web Apps have the ability to compete.
The UK’s CMA has launched a market investigation into cloud gaming and mobile browsers. It’s aiming to investigate “the way that Apple and Google dominate the mobile browser market and how Apple restricts cloud gaming through its App Store” 👀
I hope @SamsungUK get their act together, because customers deserve better. I don't believe in rewarding (several) bad experiences with tech support. @madebygoogle make a pixel foldable already!
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you've been changing the screen protector on my foldable phone for 18 days now. You said I'd have it back in 5 days. What gives? Why can't you have good tech service?
My experience at Modern Frontends Live https://hidde.blog/modern-frontends-live/…
(sorry for what seems like a pile on, but I found its important to put the information in places that are harder to bury to avoid repeats; I encourage others to speak up too)