Bruce Lawson ✅ ♫ ♿ ✌️♂️✊

Clear indicator that Apple's DMA implementation never actually met its obligations under the DMA in the first place. Apple scared developers away from ever signing up to their poison pill Core Technology Fee terms, so alternative app stores simply have no apps to offer.

The pretense of avoiding 'political retaliation' from the US when the US is openly discussing invading and conquering EU member territory is utter nonsense. Fine Apple what they should be fined

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/01/15/setapp-mobile-eu-app-store-closing-next-month/

According to Tech Radar, a reason to avoid using Vivaldi web browser is "No AI-powered assistant". Yup - and we're proud of it! If you don't want slop while you shop, or scurf while you surf, give the European browser a try.
https://vivaldi.com/blog/a-i-browsers-the-price-of-admission-is-too-high/

Nothing says "good news" like an envelope marked "pure cremation". At least it was addressed to a former occupant, rather than me by name.

Big Tech: huge boring impersonal HQ in the outskirts.

Us: historic brick building by a frozen waterfall in the middle of #Oslo

Who's winning now? 😎

#BigTech #European

Should EU give preference to European products in public procurement? My chum Ursula seeks your opinion before 26 Jan. https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15492-EU-public-procurement-rules-revision_en

"#Trump regime asks University of Pennsylvania to hand over list of #Jews"

and

"European #military mission with soldiers from Denmark, France, Germany and Norway to be deployed to #Greenland"

was not the kind of news I wanted to read tonight.

Should EU give preference to European products in public procurement? My chum Ursula seeks your opinion before 26 Jan. https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15492-EU-public-procurement-rules-revision_en

RE: https://mastodon.social/@workchronicles/115887342621053928

Reminds me of a certain fruit vendor.

The Greenlandic prime minister said "Greenland does not want to be owned by the United States. Greenland does not want to be governed by the United States. Greenland does not want to be part of the United States." I'm not sure Combover Caligula has a good understanding of the word "consent".

Amazon were Very Sad that perplexity's Comet "browser" lets users ask an AI agent to find and buy items on Amazon, so sadly introduced “Buy For Me”, which uses “agentic AI capabilities” so Amazon customers can buy from 3rd party sites, who were not consulted and are obliged to opt out. https://www.modernretail.co/technology/brands-are-upset-that-buy-for-me-is-featuring-their-products-on-amazon-without-permission/

Introducing the <geolocation> HTML element https://developer.chrome.com/blog/geolocation-html-element Wave goodbye to more tedious JS boilerplate code. As far as I'm concerned, UI stuff should all be declarative. Save JS for business logic (or React, if you want an incredibly slow site to annoy users or you're showcasing your new loading spinner designs).