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日本のスマホ新法は、Appleに、ブラウザベンダーが日本で独自のブラウザエンジンを使うことを認めるよう義務付けています。 しかしAppleは、過去21ヶ月にわたり欧州デジタル市場法の同条項の遵守を事実上避けるために用いてきた方法を使うつもりのようです。 詳しくはこちら:

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Appleの主要な戦術が、日本のスマホ法によるブラウザ競争の改善を阻む可能性について - Open Web Advocacy

具体的には、Appleは独自エンジンを使いたいブラウザベンダーに対し、既存アプリの更新として提供することを認めず、既存の日本ユーザーを引き継がない全く新しいアプリとして提供することを求めています。 また、Appleは、iPadOS等のiOS派生OSにおいて、独自エンジンを使用することを認めていません。

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. Read our full analysis here:

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What Apple’s UK Strategic Market Status Designation means for Browsers and Web Apps - Open Web Advocacy

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🇯🇵 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. This is a major step forward for browser competition. Full analysis here: /1

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Japan: Apple Must Lift Browser Engine Ban by December - Open Web Advocacy

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:

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Google's Hotseat Hypocrisy 🫤 On iOS to comply with the Digital Markets Act, Apple puts the user’s chosen browser in the hotseat/dock. Google refuses to do the same on Android, leaving Chrome in the hotseat and undermining user choice. That’s not DMA compliance! Read our detailed analysis and see us ask Google directly at the EU DMA Workshop for Google.

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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

🚨 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:

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Break Google’s Search Monopoly without Breaking the Web - Open Web Advocacy

🌐 The DOJ wants to force Google to sell Chrome and ban search engine revenue share deals. Sounds good, right? 🌐 But here’s the part no one is talking about 🌐 These two remedies alone could collapse the web’s funding model, triggering a 70% drop in investment. /1

Breaking: EU fines Apple €500M and Meta €200M for breaking Europe’s digital rules

EU fines Apple €500M and Meta €200M for breaking Europe’s digital rules – POLITICO

1/10 🚨 The 🇬🇧UK regulator’s final report is out and it’s clear: Apple’s browser engine ban harms competition. Forcing all iOS browsers to use WebKit hurts developers, users, and the web itself. Change is coming. 🧵

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Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Opera have pledged their support for a new initiative under the Linux Foundation called the "Supporters of Chromium-Based Browsers" development fund. The fund aims to promote open development within the Chromium project. It is vital for the future of the web that Chromium's development moves beyond being predominantly funded by Google, fostering diverse contributions, enhancing trust, and reducing dependency on a single organization to 1/2