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db@social.lol ("David Bushell 🎮") wrote:

that explains why macOS is running at a snail's pace

I'll come back after Apple has stopped using my computer

db@social.lol ("David Bushell 🎮") wrote:

What Apple’s UK Strategic Market Status Designation means for Browsers and Web Apps
https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/what-apples-uk-strategic-market-status-designation-means-for-browsers-and-web-apps/

TL;DR good news

ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Werewolf ⁂🐧🌱☕ 🎃💀🕸🐺") wrote:

He's not letting me move.

#CatsOfMastodon

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

It's gratifying to see the ripples of work from a decade ago continue to improve things as good-spirited folks integrate those APIs into their thinking:

https://htmx.org/essays/the-fetchening/

ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Werewolf ⁂🐧🌱☕ 🎃💀🕸🐺") wrote:

Otis has me pinned down this morning.

#CatsOfMastodon

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:

MIT releases, then quietly removes, nonsense AI cybersecurity paper

The finest academic papers money can buy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShXvaJ46hI0&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251103-mit-releases-retracts-nonsense-ai-cybersecurity-paper - podcast

time: 5 min 59 sec

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/03/mit-releases-then-quietly-removes-nonsense-ai-cybersecurity-paper/ - text

db@social.lol ("David Bushell 🎮") wrote:

"near the very bottom" I didn't even win the wooden spoon :(

now I'm very curious what pipped my proposal lol

https://bsky.app/profile/jakearchibald.com/post/3m4l44zoenk27

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
owa ("Open Web Advocacy") wrote:

Multiple content providers had indicated that Apple's restrictions on iOS browsers also limited web apps viability on Android:
7/9

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
owa ("Open Web Advocacy") wrote:

The CMA found that web apps are NOT CURRENTLY a viable replacement for native apps on iOS, and that multiple content providers had indicated that Apple's restrictions on browsers were to blame:
6/9

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
owa ("Open Web Advocacy") wrote:

The CMA found this inhibits web apps, which could be an alternative for native apps:
4/9

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
owa ("Open Web Advocacy") wrote:

The most important outcomes being the CMA can compel Apple to:
- Allow third-party browsers on iOS to use their own engines.
- Provide equivalent access to functionality for browsers using their own browser engines.
- Let third-party browsers install and manage web apps using their own engines.
- Remove barriers to web app adoption, such as implementing a web app equivalent to smart banners or install prompts in iOS Safari.
2/9

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
owa ("Open Web Advocacy") wrote:

The 🇬🇧UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has officially designated Apple as having Strategic Market Status (SMS). After four years investigating Apple’s restrictions on browser engines and web apps, the CMA now has statutory authority to enforce a code of conduct.

Read our full analysis here:
https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/what-apples-uk-strategic-market-status-designation-means-for-browsers-and-web-apps/
1/9

db@social.lol ("David Bushell 🎮") wrote:

reading: "Inline Custom Identifiers"
https://blog.kizu.dev/inline-custom-identifiers/

good and simple ideas here! sucks the `anchor` attribute isn't happening. Naming stuff in CSS is a real pain.

I use the `attr(type())` trick but it's chrome only 😔
https://dbushell.com/2025/11/01/better-alt-text/#:~:text=Instead%20I%20use%20the%20attribute%20type

Boosted by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
sakiamu@tech.lgbt ("yumaikas/sakiamu") wrote:

@peter Software sustainability is going to be -real- interesting thing to watch over the next 20 years

db@social.lol ("David Bushell 🎮") wrote:

some of Apple's Svelte code recovered from a source map https://github.com/rxliuli/apps.apple.com

they use Sass CSS too 🧐

I wonder if they debug in production like pros.

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Just leaving this here. No reason.

https://infrequently.org/2025/10/the-app-store-was-always-authoritarian/

/cc @owa

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

No mention of the web or PWAs? What the actual EFF?

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/application-gatekeeping-ever-expanding-pathway-internet-censorship

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
stopthatgirl7@famichiki.jp ("Stop That") wrote:

It gets worse.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
zeblarson@hcommons.social ("Zeb Larson") wrote:

This sounds really innocuous, but Teen Vogue just axed their whole politics desk — everybody working on it has been laid off. This is devastating: it was a publication with a lot of reach and it was consistent in how it spoke out against this administration.

https://www.vogue.com/article/teen-vogue-is-joining-voguecom

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
phae@status.fberriman.com wrote:

me, others, paintings, friday, bernal.

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
SwiftOnSecurity@infosec.exchange wrote:

My ocassionally-quoted-in-conference-presentations post on Kerberos from 2014

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Mangione, Mamdani and the Media - Ken Klippenstein:

"editorial board statement acknowledged former Governor Andrew Cuomo’s “shortcomings” — including his resignation over allegations of sexual harassment from 11 women — before concluding that Cuomo was the best candidate."

The New York Times, ladies and gentlemen. https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/mangione-mamdani-and-the-media

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

This shed has seen better days.#Iceland #photography #naturephotography #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #countryside #rural #abandoned #decay #trees

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

This week's theme is rusty sheds. With some bonus decaying wood #photography #naturephotography #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #countryside #rural #abandoned #decay

Boosted by db@social.lol ("David Bushell 🎮"):
Meyerweb ("Eric A. Meyer") wrote:

Oh dang https://dbushell.com/2025/11/01/intent-to-deprecate-and-remove-google-chrome/

Boosted by andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella :verified_enby:"):
dotmeow@hachyderm.io (".meow") wrote:

Hello Fediverse -- let's have an #introduction and introduce ourselves :3

We're dotmeow, a queer-run community project to register the gTLD .meow. But not only for meows and giggles! The profits of this gTLD shall go to community causes, turning every domain into queer community support, especially focusing on trans issues.

While we've already passed the ICANN Application Support Program, we're just now launching our web & social media presence(s). So while there's not much to see here yet, follow us if you're interested in registering a .meow domain and potentially supporting us in the way -- crowdfunding TBA soon.

Outside of announcements we want to engage with the fediverse as regular fedizens and won't spam you with meaningless ads <3

bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:

On Friday, there was a lot of discussion of a Rust async pathology that @dap has dubbed "futurelock":

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45774086

Surprising no one, @ahl and I will be joined by Dave tonight to discuss the condition -- and how Dave and team found it. Join us, 5p Pacific tonight!

https://discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?event=1433923627988029462

Recorded and syndicated, as always!

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

There’s no shortage of RSS clients for the Apple ecosystem, not to mention Web-based, cross-platform, in Emacs, etc., but I keep finding myself returning to Unread. As much as I’d like a wee bit more configuration, it is just such a pleasure to *read* in it.

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

I'm workshopping a new job title along the lines of "I'm the guy who Knows Things and can tell you that AI is bullshitting you."

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

A real conversation I just had:

Coworker: I see we do X, but I read some docs and asked ChatGPT and they always seem to promote Y.

I hadn't ever heard of Y. Did a search through entirety of $tool's git history, and found no mention of it.

Me: That's an AI hallucination and is not a feature that actually exists. We follow the docs here: $link