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End of the Road
Read more: End of the RoadAfter a decade of advocating for the developer community, the time has come to wind down the Developers Alliance. For some of you, this may come as a shock. As…
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Dear Brussels: Sloppy Policy is Bad Policy. You Can Do Better.
Read more: Dear Brussels: Sloppy Policy is Bad Policy. You Can Do Better.I’ve written before about policy makers and their growing obsession with reigning in the big tech companies. I understand where this impulse comes from. The tech sector is too important to ignore, but it is also too valuable to break.
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The Digital Rust Belt
Read more: The Digital Rust BeltThe Digital Economy creates jobs, wealth, and drives innovation. Powerful, well-intentioned outsiders are fighting to control its future. Their ignorance of how it works could doom its promise.
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The Real World takes on the Digital World
Read more: The Real World takes on the Digital WorldFor the longest time, digital citizens have escaped the two great real-world certainties: death and taxes. Digital life is eternal as long as the power flows and the backup tapes are safe. Taxes follow the flow of money; where there’s no money, there’s nothing for the taxman to grasp.
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Android Chronicles: From Walled Gardens to Gardens Run Amok
Read more: Android Chronicles: From Walled Gardens to Gardens Run AmokYou may have seen the announcement from Google on the new Android rules (and our formal press release). With the EU government-driven deadline looming, the plan for the Android ecosystem has been released. It’s less than ideal for developers, but there’s at least some hope.
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The Specter of Fragmentation is Back
Read more: The Specter of Fragmentation is BackGoogle’s compliance with the European Commission’s decision on the Android antitrust case risks increasing market fragmentation and costs for developers and consumers.
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Developers are Battling for User Privacy. All They Need Is Some Help
Read more: Developers are Battling for User Privacy. All They Need Is Some HelpI’m getting tired of waking up to headlines of another major data security gap. The whole internet economy is getting tired of it. Big platforms, ISPs, regulators, politicians; everyone agrees that something’s broken and that we need to fix it.
