johnozbay

Designer, Coder, Musician, Vegan, Founder/CEO of Cryptee & yelling at clouds @ OpenWebAdvocacy

[johnozbay @johnozbay]

Soooo, a few days ago I went to Brussels for a 7,5 hour European Commission hearing to represent @OpenWebAdvocacy and call out Apple's anti-competitive behavior.

Here's video №1 :
About changing default browsers on iOS.

Read more:
https://t.co/rVCHe3pkkA

[Open Web Advocacy @OpenWebAdvocacy]

Apple deliberately introduces dark patterns to stop users leaving Safari and also makes it hard for users to change browser 🚨

They were obligated to fix this in the EU by March 7 so at the DMA conference, OWA questioned Apple why they hadn't.

👇Apple's Response & Analysis First Reply

[johnozbay @johnozbay]

Shout out to @FormularSumo and @RGadellaa! This wouldn't be possible without you two!

[johnozbay @johnozbay]

2 weeks ago, I went to Brussels together with the @OpenWebAdvocacy to ask Apple a couple of hard questions at the 7,5h long DMA workshop hearing, for the future of the open web.

[johnozbay @johnozbay]

Here's a summary of my thoughts on Apple's malicious DMA compliance, and a bunch of fun videos from Brussels:

https://t.co/3yHeGZtKih

[Open Web Advocacy @OpenWebAdvocacy]

New OWA Report: Apple’s Browser Engine Ban Persists, Even Under the DMA

Despite big claims at the recent DMA workshops, Apple continues to block competing browser engines on iOS in the EU.

👇 Read the details 📺 Watch the video

🧵Let's Dive In

[johnozbay @johnozbay]

@PrivacyMatters Oh wow what an amazing photo! 🤩 Give things a try and let me know how it goes. Would love to hear how you’d like to use it and how we can make Cryptee an even better fit for your workflow.

[johnozbay @johnozbay]

I am so excited about this update!

https://t.co/jA24o0TXxk

[johnozbay @johnozbay]

@brunostasse @tryfoundergg Yep, correct!

@tryfoundergg Feel free to steal our install guide from here: https://t.co/Tef4Zj2cQG✌🏻Your mileage may depend on product/user fit tho.
e.g. I think Cryptee has a more prosumer userbase, but *many* non-tech savvy users are able to follow our instructions👍🏻

[johnozbay @johnozbay]

@vreemdetijden Thank you so much for using Cryptee and calling it home! Really glad to hear you’re enjoying it! 🙏🏻

[johnozbay @johnozbay]

@vreemdetijden Ah! Thanks for spotting this, and apologies for the inconvenience. Seems like our automated test missed this because it uses a slightly taller screen height. We will have a fix out for this in 24 hours👍🏻Thanks a ton!

[johnozbay @johnozbay]

@notSamWukong 😂 Thanks! Let us know what you think😅

[johnozbay @johnozbay]

Alright! EU fines Apple €500 million for DMA non-compliance! 🎉

https://t.co/nQNT0fIJxf

And this is only for Apple's App Store “anti-steering” practices. Looks like more fines might be on the horizon.

Looks like my trips to Brussels are finally starting to come to fruition!

[Open Web Advocacy @OpenWebAdvocacy]

🚨 NEW: The DOJ wants to break up Chrome from Google — the consequences could be catastrophic for the web.

📖 Read our article: Break Google's search monopoly without breaking the web.

👇Link below

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[Privacy Matters  @PrivacyMatters]

It’s April the 1st. https://t.co/vSBh2WYoV5

[johnozbay @johnozbay]

Today we're introducing a whole new way to share your top secret documents with our brand new E2EE.

https://t.co/0BP4213SSV

[Bruno Stasse @brunostasse]

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[EU Competition 🇪🇺 @EU_Competition]

🔴 Today, we adopted two decisions specifying the measures Apple has to take to comply with certain aspects of its interoperability obligation📃

In particular on 👇
📱 Connected Devices

📩 Interoperability Requests

For all info ⬇️
🔗https://t.co/NAHuQI1lWJ

#DigitalMarketsAct

[Privacy Matters  @PrivacyMatters]

1/ The outcomes we need: (a) the TCN is rescinded (b) Apple again offers ADP in the UK (c) a change of law wrt TCNs (d) per the EU/UK DMA, Apple facilitates full interoperability with 3rd party services that allows individuals at set up / beyond, to store

[johnozbay @johnozbay]

@PrivacyMatters Happens to the best of us 😅

[johnozbay @johnozbay]

For a multi-trillion dollar company that champions privacy at every given PR opportunity, Apple's swift acceptance + lack of resistance (in contrast to their fierce battles against anti-competitive regulations) shows that for 🍎 their profits are more important than your privacy.

[johnozbay @johnozbay]

@PrivacyMatters @Cryptee I hope so too.