Google has made an awesome proposal, subject to court approval, to open up Android in the US Epic v Google case and settle our disputes. It genuinely doubles down on Android's original vision as an open platform to streamline competing store installs globally, reduce service fees for developers on Google Play, and enable third-party in-app and web payments. This is a comprehensive solution, which stands in contrast to Apple’s model of blocking all competing stores and leaving payments as the only vector for competition. The public filings are live.

Last chance to turn it off. On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default. To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.

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😡😬 apple adp

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It would be nice if @Logitech releases a silent plus (reduce clicking sounds) version of MX Vertical mouse

Interesting to see US Homeland Security in the list of searchers 😳 #linkedin

Advanced chat privacy.. #meta #whatsapp..why can't such features be default ON.. 🤷🙄

NO FEES on web transactions. Game over for the Apple Tax. Apple’s 15-30% junk fees are now just as dead here in the United States of America as they are in Europe under the Digital Markets Act. Unlawful here, unlawful there. 4 years 4 months 17 days.

#privacy nightmare..#bankruptcy #23andMe

#Whoop tracker looks interesting, it would be nice if #fitbit(I use Fitbit Charge 5) comes up with a similar no-screen tracker in that price range..most of the time, we have our phones, haven't seen use of the screen on my tracker 💭

Big news! The Epic Games Store and other app stores are coming to the Google Play Store in 2025 in the USA - without Google's scare screens and Google's 30% app tax - thanks to victory in Epic v Google. theverge.com/policy/2024/10/…

#saltandpepper looks.. #school group..

#harpic power extension #jugaad

Creating a new universe ✨ @Disney x Epic Games fn.gg/Disney-X-Epic

A quick summary of glaring problems we've found so far: 1) Apple has introduced an anticompetitive new 27% tax on web purchases. Apple has never done this before, and it kills price competition. Developers can't offer digital items more cheaply on the web after paying a third-party payment processor 3-6% and paying this new 27% Apple Tax. 2) Apple dictates all aspects of these links and doesn't allow them in the app's ordinary payment flow. Rather, links must be separated out into a different section of the app, away from places where users actually buy stuff. 3) Apple requires developers to open a generic web browser session, forcing the user to log in to the developer's web site again, to make a purchase. And because of #2, users will have to search all over again for the digital item they wanted to buy. 4) Apple will front-run competing payment processors with their own "scare screen" to disadvantage them. Epic will contest Apple's bad-faith compliance plan in District Court.

here it begins..

finally something is being done - #adobe being investigated for subscription dark patterns by #ftc - fortune.com/2023/12/13/ftc-a…

the jury in Epic v. Google has just delivered its verdict. It found that Google turned its Google Play App Store and Google Play Billing service into an illegal monopoly theverge.com/23994174/epic-g…

Signal is a nonprofit. But what does this mean in practice? Today we do something most tech co’s avoid: talk money. What does it cost for Signal to play in a lane dominated by billion $ corporations, while rejecting the surveillance business model? 1/ signal.org/blog/signal-is-ex…