Open Web Advocacy2d ago

OWA NEW REPORT 🚨

Apple’s interoperability “commitments” in the UK 🇬🇧 are a smokescreen:
👉 No obligation to share anything
👉 Broad excuses to say no
👉 Fees for APIs
👉 No public transparency

They can comply… and change nothing 😬

Bad for devs. Bad for users. OWA gives you the deep dive:
https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/our-submission-to-the-cma-on-apples-ios-interoperability-commitments/

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Our Submission to the CMA on Apple’s iOS Interoperability Commitments - Open Web Advocacy

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Apple can reject any interoperability request:
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The commitment is entirely voluntary:
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There is no transparency into individual requests unlike the far more effective approach taken by the Digital Markets Act.
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The government steer to the CMA indicated that competition and consumer protection is the key to growth and innovation in the UK:
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Interoperability is one of the reasons that the DMCCA itself was passed:
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That the Act can promote interoperability was directly highlighted in parliament:
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This was then highlighted in the explanatory notes to the Act:
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Finally, incorporated into the Act itself:
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This is important as the UK’s Browsers and Cloud Gaming MIR found that Apple was providing Safari with better and more immediate API access:
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The DOJ has also accused Apple of suppressing innovation by withholding APIs:
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The CMA has the opportunity to fix these issues with the DMCCA but they must actually use and enforce the powers they have been given.
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Read the full paper:
https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/our-submission-to-the-cma-on-apples-ios-interoperability-commitments/
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Our Submission to the CMA on Apple’s iOS Interoperability Commitments - Open Web Advocacy

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