Apple vs @CMAgovUK at the Competition Appeal Tribunal will be live at 2:30pm (GMT).

Apple is attempting to stop the investigation into its practices involving Browsers and Web Apps.

catribunal.org.uk/cases/15766122… Apple will reportedly receive 20 billion USD for having Google as the default search engine. Presumably, this is why they are fighting so hard against having any meaningful competition on iOS.

9to5mac.com/2022/01/05/app…

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."

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.... 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:

https://twitter.com/OpenWebAdvocacy/status/1537676458478702594

First up, the EU's Digital Markets Act specifically references banning browser engines:

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... 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.