Saved by Alex Magee and
Meta Blocks News in Canada, LK-99, YouTube and TV Advertisers
The EC, to my eyes, is saying that it’s illegal for a successful platform to adapt and evolve. Or at the very least they’re saying they might deem it illegal.
John Gruber • European Commission Launches Investigation Against Microsoft for Integrating Teams With Office
This made me think of the other recent case against Apple from Epic, where Apple's response to the court was essentially trolling. The judgement required Apple to allow apps to advertise outside marketplaces where users could purchase in-game items. So apple responded by allowing developers to apply to place exactly one text-only (non-hyperlink), s... See more
Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store in the European Union | Hacker News
This raises broader questions about the tech ecosystem and its investment model. I’ve been making the case for a long time that the natural endpoint is likely very large platforms and Aggregators on one-side, and a flourishing ecosystem focused on niches on the other, but implicit in the latter is that venture capital is not simply unncessary, it i... See more
Ben Thompson • Brandless Closes, The DTC Facebook Challenge, DTC Versus Softbank
