Share this page!

Open Web Advocacy Profile picture
Twitter logo
Nov 11 • 27 tweets • 0 min read

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
　

Keep Current with Open Web Advocacy

Open Web Advocacy Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @OpenWebAdvocacy

Open Web Advocacy Profile picture
Sep 23
Mozilla has just released a truly excellent paper on browser competition labelled “Five Walled Gardens” containing key details on how browsers competition is undermined by Apple, Google, Microsoft and others.

🧵Let's dig in

research.mozilla.org/files/2022/09/…
"Because competition in browsers and browser engines is needed to advance innovation, performance, speed, privacy, and security"

"Browser engine technology is the most significant part of the web platform." When the operator has a conflict of interest—promoting its
"Examples of consumer harm from operating system self-preferencing" Examples of consumer harm from operating system self-prefere
Read 16 tweets
Open Web Advocacy Profile picture
Jul 4
What does 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇯🇵🇦🇺 @EFF @mozilla @Google @Microsoft @Meta @telegram & others say about the #AppleBrowserBan?

⚠️With submissions due 2022-07-22, The #AppleBrowserBan ending globally & the success of Web Apps depends on getting support from you and your company.

🧵 Lets go.... A Scooby Do reveal meme where Fred unmasks the "Bad Guy
Anti-Competitive behaviour harms us all. The more support we can show, the greater the chance we have at ensuring a bright future for the web.

See:

First up, the EU's Digital Markets Act specifically references banning browser engines:
🇪🇺 EU: "When gatekeepers operate and impose web browser engines, they are in a position to determine the functionality ... that will apply not only to their own web browsers, but also to competing web browsers and, in turn, to web software applications" In particular, each browser is built on a web browser engine
Read 37 tweets
Open Web Advocacy Profile picture
Jun 27
Apple's claim is that it bans other browsers for security AND NOT because it's protecting its 70b of AppStore Revenue or 15b of Google Search Revenue in Safari.

The CMA says the ban not only doesn't protect security it could make it worse!

🧵 Lets dig in... A pie chart showing Browser Code Execution Vulnerabilities bA histogram of days from fix landed in public to fix shippedA graph showing browser code executions by vulnerabilities bA chart that compares updates between iOS vs Chrome on Andro
Apple in comments to the CMA makes the claims that it's able to address security issues quickly AND that Safari is more secure than Blink and Gecko. “... in Apple's opinion, WebKit offers a better level of s
But the statistics paint a different picture. Out of each of the three major browser engines, Safari has had the had highest number of Browser Code Execution Vulnerabilities. A pie chart showing Browser Code Execution Vulnerabilities b
Read 20 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Don't want to be a Premium member but still want to support us?

Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

Send Email!

:(