
slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Working on a blog post, and realising that I have to explain that the foundations of a vibrant open web have been dynamited. Underlying all progress, and all of the processes we used to manage the downsides of competition, was the ability for every vendor to ship the designs they thought best.
Apple has destroyed that freedom in a large & valuable enough part of tech that most efforts to solve problems in the web are subject to Cupertino's NIMBYist veto. And nobody can route around.