Steven Beshensky

I'm a Web Developer on the quest to make the Web a better place to be. #THFC #HRV
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[Open Web Advocacy @OpenWebAdvocacy]

Newly published tests show a Chromium/Blink engine running on iOS is 28.6% faster than Safari in Speedometer page responsiveness tests. 🏎️💨📱⚡️

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[Open Web Advocacy @OpenWebAdvocacy]

Safari 28.6% slower than Chromium on iOS. This is the tax every single user on iOS has to pay as a result of the #AppleBrowserBan

https://t.co/XLfvya2CR8

[Open Web Advocacy @OpenWebAdvocacy]

Proton CTO Bart Butler urges the 🇬🇧 UK to start enforcing competition laws against Big Tech before it's 'too late'

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[Open Web Advocacy @OpenWebAdvocacy]

The Digital Markets Act was designed to move fast, but Politico’s reporting highlights how enforcement is being slowed by legal caution, limited resources, and the threat of litigation from Big Tech.

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https://t.co/nQnXa48Ios

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Firefox now supports Web Serial on desktop 🦊

This means web apps can connect to compatible hardware devices such as microcontrollers, development boards, 3D printers, power meters, and other serial-connected hardware.

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https://t.co/ANGONfHAj1

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[Open Web Advocacy @OpenWebAdvocacy]

Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) has been granted leave to intervene in Apple v. European Commission (T-359/25). Apple is seeking to annul interoperability measures it must take to comply with Article 6(7) of the Digital Markets Act.

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https://t.co/V6X7Ge4eBb

[Open Web Advocacy @OpenWebAdvocacy]

"Apple’s latest iOS 26.5 update is bringing some AirPods and Apple Watch-exclusive features to third-party earbuds and wearables — but only for phones in the EU."

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[Motion @motiondotdev]

🚀 Just launched the new https://t.co/7Qhi3docOz. Some highlights:

New Examples browser with category filters.
New Search with with content preview, plus platform and section labels and filters.
Selected platform now remembered site-wide.

[Open Web Advocacy @OpenWebAdvocacy]

The EU's Digital Markets Act is delivering real wins for consumers in the EU, and in some cases globally. Apple and Google are opening up functionality that was previously reserved for their own products.

But one glaring failure stands out: browser engines on iOS.

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[jovi 🐨 @JoviDeC]

And now with Preact support! Will also add support for tsrx in pracht, my little preact framework in the making https://t.co/Opx9nVRa4g

[Open Web Advocacy @OpenWebAdvocacy]

Alex Moore (Executive Director of OWA) and John Ozbay (CEO and Founder of Cryptee) were recently interviewed by Simonetta Vezzoso, a European academic specializing in digital competition law and the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA).

Check it out:
https://t.co/cuSChrFFsh
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[Open Web Advocacy @OpenWebAdvocacy]

Read the full analysis here:
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https://t.co/9Iu5A4DcfL

[Open Web Advocacy @OpenWebAdvocacy]

On Tuesday, the CMA announced that Apple and Google have proposed app certainty and interoperable access commitments. Of particular interest to OWA was the interoperability requirements, as we have argued that the CMA should impose an equivalent to Article 6(7) of the DMA.

[Open Web Advocacy @OpenWebAdvocacy]

Breaking: Google Appeals Final Judgment in DOJ Case

Google is requesting a stay on certain provisions of the Final Judgment pending Google’s appeal of the Court’s liability and remedies rulings.

[Rebane @rebane2001]

i made a flappy bird clone that uses your folding phone as the controller

[Open Web Advocacy @OpenWebAdvocacy]

The CMA found this increases costs for third-party browsers by forcing them to develop a WebKit based browser:
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[Open Web Advocacy @OpenWebAdvocacy]

The CMA found Apple's ban on browser engines restricts the ability of third-party browsers to innovate and develop features.
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[Open Web Advocacy @OpenWebAdvocacy]

- Let third-party browsers install and manage web apps using their own engines.
- Remove barriers to web app adoption, such as implementing a web app equivalent to smart banners or install prompts in iOS Safari.
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[Open Web Advocacy @OpenWebAdvocacy]

The most important outcomes being the CMA can compel Apple to:
- Allow third-party browsers on iOS to use their own engines.
- Provide equivalent access to functionality for browsers using their own browser engines.
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