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Ian Brown 👨🏻‍💻🇬🇧 Competition & Markets Authority <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/CMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CMA</a> ‘will delay until next year a key decision on whether to require <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Apple</a> to allow apps to be distributed without going through its <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/AppStore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AppStore</a> at all, prompting criticism from some developer campaign groups.’ <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DMCCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DMCCA</a> <a href="https://on.ft.com/3TPCW8C" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://on.ft.com/3TPCW8C</a>

Ian Brown 👨🏻‍💻For <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Apple</a>, <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/CMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CMA</a>’s “second key priority area of focus is on <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/interoperability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#interoperability</a> and ensuring <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/app" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#app</a> developers have interoperable access to key functionality within <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/iOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#iOS</a> and <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/iPadOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#iPadOS</a>. Without the ability to access these enabling functions, <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UK</a> app developers cannot create the full range of innovative products and services that they would do otherwise, and UK consumers miss out as a result.” 👏 <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DMCCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DMCCA</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DMA</a>

Ian Brown 👨🏻‍💻🇬🇧 Competition & Markets Authority <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DMCCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DMCCA</a> provisional <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/SMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SMS</a> decisions & roadmaps of interventions on <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/mobile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mobile</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ecosystems</a> 👀 <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases/sms-investigation-into-apples-mobile-ecosystem" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases/sms-investigation-into-apples-mobile-ecosystem</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Google</a> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases/sms-investigation-into-googles-mobile-ecosystem" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases/sms-investigation-into-googles-mobile-ecosystem</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/CMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CMA</a>

Ian Brown 👨🏻‍💻Interesting panel on Collaborative Frontiers in <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Messaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Messaging</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Platforms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Platforms</a> & Tools, although I'm surprised mandated <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/interoperability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#interoperability</a> for <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/NIICS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NIICS</a> under the <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DMA</a> (and potentially <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DMCCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DMCCA</a>) wasn't mentioned! <a href="https://730a06f6.flowpaper.com/GCCMMagazineJuneJulyissue792025soft/#page=21" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://730a06f6.flowpaper.com/GCCMMagazineJuneJulyissue792025soft/#page=21</a>

Ian Brown 👨🏻‍💻Well! Look what <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Twitter</a> founder and <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a> / <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Nostr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nostr</a> co-founder Jack <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Dorsey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dorsey</a> just gave $10m to... 'The team at “and Other Stuff” is also working on a social media “Bill of Rights”…which spells out what social media platforms need to provide in areas like <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a>, <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#security</a>, <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/interoperability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#interoperability</a>, <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#transparency</a>, <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/identity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#identity</a>, self-governance, and <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/portability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#portability</a>.' 👏 <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DMA</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DMCCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DMCCA</a> <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/16/jack-dorsey-pumps-10m-into-a-nonprofit-focused-on-open-source-social-media/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/16/jack-dorsey-pumps-10m-into-a-nonprofit-focused-on-open-source-social-media/</a>

Ian Brown 👨🏻‍💻Now do it for <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DMA</a> / <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DMCCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DMCCA</a> enforcement 😎 From: <a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@EUCommission</a> <a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/114856403651249531" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/114856403651249531</a>

Ian Brown 👨🏻‍💻Queen's College, Cambridge pres. Mohamed El-Erian calls in for "placing <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#innovation</a> policy more firmly at the centre of an even more aggressive and frontloaded growth strategy." <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/CMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CMA</a> needs to loudly make the case this should include strong <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/antitrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#antitrust</a> & <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DMCCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DMCCA</a> enforcement! <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/cbfe1429-de80-4677-bc58-e6d470328ee9" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/cbfe1429-de80-4677-bc58-e6d470328ee9</a>

Ian Brown 👨🏻‍💻<a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Threads</a> "reached 100m sign-ups faster than any other app in history, which you can partly attribute to its linkage to <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Instagram</a> and streamlined profile creation via your IG info. But even so, it’ll go down as a record either way, while Threads also reached 100m active users in just a few months." <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/interoperability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#interoperability</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DMA</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DMCCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DMCCA</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Meta</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/SelfPreferencing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SelfPreferencing</a> From: <a href="https://indieweb.social/@tchambers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@tchambers</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/@tchambers/114811908883686443" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://indieweb.social/@tchambers/114811908883686443</a>

Ian Brown 👨🏻‍💻If former <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Amazon</a> executive Doug <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Gurr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gurr</a> is being pushed out of the Alan <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Turing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Turing</a> Institute for incompetent leadership, what is he still doing chairing the UK Competition & Markets Authority, where he has a GIGANTIC conflict of interest? <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/CMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CMA</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DMCCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DMCCA</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/04/minister-demands-overhaul-of-uks-leading-ai-institute-alan-turing" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/04/minister-demands-overhaul-of-uks-leading-ai-institute-alan-turing</a>

Ian Brown 👨🏻‍💻Looking forward v much to our discussion this morning at the UK's Competition & Markets Authority on <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/interoperability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#interoperability</a>: lessons (for the <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DMCCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DMCCA</a>) from <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/telecoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#telecoms</a> regulation! Tim Cowen (Preiskell & Co. antitrust chair) and Prof. <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/chrismarsden.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@chrismarsden.bsky.social</a> are both world authorities on this topic 👀 And we have a surprise guest to talk about payments & water regulation lessons!Here are my background slides <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1SBE2-MOzPn5wvsL7XhYqfmGEbJ7W1FvV6frq5VeXlL8/edit?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1SBE2-MOzPn5wvsL7XhYqfmGEbJ7W1FvV6frq5VeXlL8/edit?usp=sharing</a>

Ian Brown 👨🏻‍💻<a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@EUCommission</a> 2. Other jurisdictions with or contemplating similar laws (eg UK <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DMCCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DMCCA</a>, Brazil, Australia, India, Thailand..many others) will not make the same mistake with their precise legal texts. 3. All these countries consider trade agreement provisions which ensure the benefits of such ex ante regulation extend to businesses in ALL of their jurisdictions, in order to build the necessary potential customer base for software and services using these provisions

Ian Brown 👨🏻‍💻Bet the same pressure is being put on the UK re its similar <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DMCCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DMCCA</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DMA</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nicholashirstmlex_exclusive-us-eu-near-deal-on-nontariff-activity-7342787176230776832-4tMu" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nicholashirstmlex_exclusive-us-eu-near-deal-on-nontariff-activity-7342787176230776832-4tMu</a>

Ian Brown 👨🏻‍💻Including legally mandated <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/interoperability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#interoperability</a> for dominant closed platforms! <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DMA</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DMCCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DMCCA</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/ACCESS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ACCESS</a> 😉 From: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@quillmatiq" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@quillmatiq</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@quillmatiq/114677641704589559" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.social/@quillmatiq/114677641704589559</a>

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