James "Hepcat" Heppell from @Open Web Advocacy asks why Google doesn't put the user's chosen default browser into the "hot seat". Research shows that this increases retention and reduces Gatekeeper dominance. Apple does, and Google Chrome benefits from this on iOS. Can Google commit to doing the same on Android?

Today is the 2nd DMA Compliance workshop with your good chums at Alphabet. I know how to enjoy myself.

"Before the App Store, the web was a wild west experience. Users never really knew what they were downloading". Yup, no school shooter apps, sanctioned Russian bank apps or ripped-off games get past the in-depth App Store review process.

El Son and I just finished watching the latest Adam Curtis docupolemic "Shifty". It's bombastic, bullshitty and brilliant. The 21st century Guy Debord we didn't know we needed.

I'm so rock n roll, I'm lying on my bed in Amsterdam drinking a cup of tea on a Friday night.

I'm in the 30 min Brexit queue of shame to show the black passport of sadness

Anthropic’s new AI model turns to blackmail when engineers try to take it offline

TechCrunch

Anthropic's new AI model turns to blackmail when engineers try to take it offline | TechCrunch

Anthropic says its Claude Opus 4 model frequently tries to blackmail software engineers when they try to take it offline.

Oh, fuck off, TechBros, and take your Frankenstein monster made of grave-robbed body parts of other people's intellectual work with you. kthxbai