formularsumo.co.uk/living-pages/ Not far off a year after starting it, I've now published the English version of my "Living pages" (I did get round to doing the Spanish one late last year).

If you are in the UK, I'd like to beg 5-10 minutes of your time to file comment with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) about the proposed (toothless) "Interoperability Commitments" from Apple and Google. Per usual, @open-web-advocacy.org has deets: open-web-advocacy.org/blog/apples-inte…

We recently spoke with @redmonk.com senior analyst @kateholterhoff.com about a question that has shaped the mobile ecosystem for over a decade: why has the open web struggled to compete with native apps on mobile, and what regulators can do to restore competition? 🧵👇 (1/5)

The piece I wrote for Liberal Currents on Musk's USAID cuts and how we can respond to them is out, take a look if you get the chance.

Very interesting conversation with Alex Moore, Executive Director of @open-web-advocacy.org Innovation indeed doesn't come from the gatekeepers. Particularly Apple has been fighting any form of progress for way too long. youtu.be/EOT0w7EwkVI

After 5 years of investigations and market research, my country's CMA have come up with some of the weakest proposals they could've for interoperability, which would likely allow Apple and Google to deny any request they choose to.

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.

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.

OWA has been singularly effective in winning letter-of-the-law chamge, and the action now lies with regulators. They meed reasons to believe *enforcing* the law is worth the effort, and your voice can make a difference. Read @open-web-advocacy.org's roundup to learn about the fights that matter:

2025 is the year I've been most involved with OWA, and the pace of global progress recently has been amazing. With 3 regulators now on-board and another 2 coming up, 2026 is shaping up to be an exciting year for the Web!

Another year over, another reading list! The first (English) part of it least. It's quite short this time, but I still had a lot of fun writing it. Hope you enjoy! formularsumo.co.uk/blog/2025/re...

Android 16 QPR2 themed icon changes and how they affect PWAs: elk.zone/social.vival...

I've just posted a long thread on Mastodon about some issues I have with the platform: elk.zone/social.vival... * Official projects defaulting to largest server (centralisation) * Pushing the official native apps over web apps and others * Not advertising app releases on F-Droid/other 3p app stores

Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web and HTML, has expressed support for compelling Apple to allow other browser engines on iOS. He also states that having a powerful browser on iOS would "change the dynamic" with respect to web app's viability on mobile. 1/4

Hace unos días añadí una nueva sección a mi web - Páginas vivas. Son proyectos que nunca acaban de estar tan terminados como un artículo de mi blog, y que suelen tener un lado más informativo en vez de exponer mis opiniones. formularsumo.co.uk/es/paginas-v...

The 🇬🇧UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has officially designated Apple as having Strategic Market Status (SMS). After four years investigating Apple’s restrictions on browser engines and web apps, the CMA now has statutory authority to enforce a code of conduct. 1/12

Reason: Push is only half of whats needed. Web Push is gated behind install. Install for native is easy, for web apps it's hidden to the point developers are forced to build native apps, the very developers that would be using web push. Missing lots of features. webventures.rejh.nl/blog/2024/we...

Well surely that's due to the Safari team sitting on their hands and being 5-8 years late in shipping it, and even now that it has, it's still quite gimped? Burning out developer enthusiasm is the precise goal in Apple dragging their feet on web features after all.

For context: open-web-advocacy.org/blog/apples-... pluralistic.net/2025/10/06/r... infrequently.org/2025/10/the-...

Last week, OWA spoke at the 🇪🇺EU Parliament’s Digital Markets Act Working Group on Apple’s ongoing non-compliance with the DMA and why the open web is vital for Europe’s digital future. 🔗 Read our full speech: open-web-advocacy.org/blog/owa-at-... 1/4

It's truly wild that bsky.app still isn't a PWA. "We've gotta capitulate to big tech" brain rot is common in the valley, but you'd imagine that an org with its stated values could see past it.

Acabo de terminar la traducción de mi artículo Microsoft Office Sigue Siendo Malo (Para Colaboraciones): formularsumo.co.uk/es/blog/2025... #Microsoft365 #Office365 #MicrosoftOffice #colaboracion

One of my jobs on Chrome is quantifying overall product quality signals. This quarter we're taking a hit on crashes entirely due to iOS, which looks to be primarily due to WebKit and iOS bugs. When I try to check on the status of the current major one (bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi...), I get this:

The European Commission insists no decision has been adopted regarding Google and the DMA, after MLex reported it had delayed a prepared fine due to EU-US trade tensions. No comment on Šefčovič's possible intervention.

After ~4 months of on and off writing, I'm very happy to (finally) publish my most detailed article so far: Transport should be for the public. formularsumo.co.uk/blog/2025/tr...

Japan 🇯🇵 has officially banned Apple’s iOS browser engine restrictions. Starting Dec 2025, iPhones must allow real Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Brave, Vivaldi and others to run their own engines, just like on desktop. /1 open-web-advocacy.org/blog/japan-a...

The 🇬🇧 UK regulator has provisionally found that Apple and Google meet the threshold for Strategic Market Status (SMS) under the DMCC. In Apple’s case, the decision highlights its ban on competing browser engines and its actions to suppress competition from web apps.

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 open-web-advocacy.org/blog/apples-... 🧵Let's Dive In

🚀 OWA volunteer James Heppell shares his experience representing us at the Apple & Google DMA workshop. His personal take, now #1 on Hacker News, offers sharp insight into gatekeepers' approach to the law. Check it out: formularsumo.co.uk/blog/2025/ap...

"Apple know that for this kind of regulation to be successful, it needs to be easy to replicate in other places. If there's [a separate] set of browser APIs and contractual requirements [for every country/jurisdiction], it becomes all but impossible to ship an engine."

Last week I went to the Apple and Google #DMA workshops in Brussels, and yesterday I finished writing about the experience. formularsumo.co.uk/blog/2025/ap...

Google's Hotseat Hypocrisy 🫤 To comply with the Digital Markets Act, Apple puts the user’s chosen browser in the hotseat. Google refuses to do the same on Android, leaving Chrome in the hotseat and undermining user choice. That’s not DMA compliance! open-web-advocacy.org/blog/googles... 1/9

Regulators around the world are tackling mobile platform monopolies. But every time new laws like the EU’s DMA or the UK’s DMCC emerge to allow more competition, Apple and Google raise one predictable objection: “Security” Let’s unpack why that doesn’t hold up. 👇 1/19

¡Acabo de publicar mi primer artículo escrito en (en vez de traducido al) español! Se llama Las Distintas Formas de Leer, y trata de comparar la lectura física, digital, y el audiolibro, con bastante enfoque en el lado tecnológico, y en el futuro que yo espero. formularsumo.co.uk/es/blog/2025...

🚨 New Article: Industry Voices Caution Against DOJ’s Plan to Force Sale Of Chrome ⭐️We support the DOJ’s goal of ending Google’s monopoly⭐️ but we along with many voices from across the tech industry are concerned about collateral damage to the web Read: open-web-advocacy.org/blog/industr... 🧵(1/7)

When the Channel Tunnel opened in 1994, it promised fast, seamless train travel; yet 30 years on, less than half the capacity is being used. In our latest blog, we look at what's gone wrong and how we can unlock the enormous potential of cross-channel rail: bettertransport.org.uk/blog/runways...

🚨 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: open-web-advocacy.org/blog/break-g... /1

Introducing Silk — The most advanced swipeable sheet ever engineered for the web. Native-like experience • Works on all devices • Unlocks dozens of UI patterns on the web. Available for React.

I've had to use PowerPoint Online a lot for the past couple of days, and it very much reminded me why I more or less stopped using Microsoft Office ~4 years ago. So much so that I decided to write a short article about it formularsumo.co.uk/articles/202... #MicrosoftOffice #Office365 #Microsoft365

Hello Bluesky! I've been working on a personal website and blog over the past few months. I'd been wanting to get back into writing for while, as well as spend more time doing web design, so it seemed like a natural combination of the two. #Blog

Breaking 🚨 iOS age restrictions block all browsers except Safari & breaks the EU choice screen! Apple's inconsistent and self-serving age-restrictions block competition. It's time for a deep dive on the OWA blog: open-web-advocacy.org/blog/ios-age...

Thrilled to be here on BlueSky! Excited to work together with you all to drive change and unlock the future of the web and web apps. Let’s make it happen! 🤘

The @open-web-advocacy.org joins BlueSky! 🦋 If you would like to follow OWA supporters and contributors working together to support the open web, offering policymakers technical insights on anti-competitive industry issues and solutions, here is a starter pack! go.bsky.app/TQqMD4f