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De Correspondent @decorrespondent.nl · 3d

Fascisme versla je samen. Sluit je vandaag aan bij het verzet tegen de haat. Begin klein: ga naar www.samentegenfascisme.nl en deel, print en plak deze gratis poster, gemaakt door @maxkisman.bsky.social.

Laat zien dat we samen een vuist kunnen maken tegen fascisme en vóór onze vrijheid. 🕊️

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Stefan Judis @stefanjudis.com · 4d

The new Web Weekly is just about to hit all the inboxes. 🥂

It's jam-packed with modern CSS magic, performance fundamentals and JavaScript tips and tricks.

You should check it out if you're into the web platform!

www.stefanjudis.com/blog/web-wee...

Web Weekly 170

- AbortController
- Object.groupBy
- @function and if()
- cqb and cqi units
- ::details-content
- the <output> element

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De Correspondent @decorrespondent.nl · 4d

Fascisme krijgt ruimte door een hardnekkige misvatting: dat jij het niet kunt stoppen. Dat klopt niet. Gezamenlijk kunnen we ons weren tegen de woede en het wantrouwen die onze democratie overspoelen, schrijft @rosansmits.bsky.social.

Dat komt neer op een simpele keuze – die keuze is aan jou.

Tien manieren om je te verzetten tegen fascisme

Fascisme krijgt ruimte door een hardnekkige misvatting: dat jij het niet kunt stoppen. Dat klopt niet. Gezamenlijk kunnen we ons weren tegen de woede en het wantrouwen die onze democratie overspoelen....

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Alex Russell @infrequently.org · 7d

At a critical moment, the tech press are failing to connect the dots between Apple and Google's craven capitulations and the authoritarianism they have nurtured within their own ecosystems:

infrequently.org/2025/10/the-...

The App Store Was Always Authoritarian - Infrequently Noted

Apple bent the knee for months, leaving many commentators to ask why. But the reasons are not mysterious: Apple wants things that only the government can provide, things that will defend and extend…

infrequently.org

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Roderick Gadellaa @rgadellaa.bsky.social · 6d

We're talking about us, the people, depending on two companies that act as the single gateway for software to reach our phones. These companies just went ahead and bent the knee to Trump & Co, and did their bidding.

No court order. Not even a formal complaint.

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Roderick Gadellaa @rgadellaa.bsky.social · 6d

We need journalism that *interprets* these facts, explains what it means.

Facts and objectivism are fine when reporting on the weather. But we're talking about the removal of software that people used to avoid Gestapo from kidnapping them, and it didn't even take a court order to get it done.

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Roderick Gadellaa @rgadellaa.bsky.social · 6d

It's wild to me that (most?) tech journalists opted for a "we'll report on it, but just the facts, and let people make up their own minds"-approach regarding the removal of the ICE tracking apps from the app stores.

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infrequently.org/2025/10/the-...

The App Store Was Always Authoritarian - Infrequently Noted

Apple bent the knee for months, leaving many commentators to ask why. But the reasons are not mysterious: Apple wants things that only the government can provide, things that will defend and extend it...

infrequently.org

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Roderick Gadellaa @rgadellaa.bsky.social · 6d

Persoonlijke tip: Claim de gratis maand en zet de wekelijkse nieuwsbrief aan (of download de app en stel de notificatie in). Dan krijg je 1x per week een overzicht van artikelen en kun je rustig kennis maken. Na een maand heb je dan een aardig beeld en weet je of je (betalend) lid wil worden.

Roderick Gadellaa @rgadellaa.bsky.social · 6d

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firefoxdevtools.bsky.social @firefoxdevtools.bsky.social · 9d

As an experiment, we (the Firefox team) wanted to try a new way to get feedback on which Interop proposals matter most.

So, here's a web app where you can rank the proposals you care about, giving us data we can use when reviewing which ones to champion.

interop-rank.jakearchibald.com

Interop Feature Ranking

Rank the web platform features you care most about

interop-rank.jakearchibald.com

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Roderick Gadellaa @rgadellaa.bsky.social · 8d

[NL] Alles over de aankomende verkiezingen!
Lees, kijk en luister gratis op corr.es/verkiezingen-25

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Open Web Advocacy @open-web-advocacy.org · 8d

Last week, OWA spoke at the 🇪🇺EU Parliament’s Digital Markets Act Working Group on Apple’s ongoing non-compliance with the DMA and why the open web is vital for Europe’s digital future.

🔗 Read our full speech:
open-web-advocacy.org/blog/owa-at-...
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OWA at the EU Parliament DMA Working Group - Open Web Advocacy

open-web-advocacy.org

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Alex Russell @infrequently.org · 10d

So Apple is censoring another ICE-spotting app, and I think we need to talk about the coverage, as much as Apple's groveling pre-compliance.

@404media.co broke this, specifically @josephcox.bsky.social, and unlike some previous coverage, it includes this:

404media.co/apple-banned-an-….

"The website for Eyes Up which functions essentially the same way is still available. The site includes a map with dots that visitors can click on, which then plays a video from that location. Users are able to submit their own videos for inclusion. Mark said he manually reviews every video before it is uploaded to the service, to check its content and its location. "

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Roderick Gadellaa @rgadellaa.bsky.social · 11d

Buying popcorn for when I get to watch Apple trying to not allow Ladybird browser in the EU because REASONS.

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Carlos Espada @carlosespada.bsky.social · 11d

Thirty-two years ago, we were given the web as a gift.
Today, we must live up to such a gift and defend it.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Why I gave the world wide web away for free | Tim Berners-Lee

My vision was based on sharing, not exploitation – and here’s why it’s still worth fighting for

www.theguardian.com

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Roderick Gadellaa @rgadellaa.bsky.social · 11d

Pluralistic: Apple’s unlawful evil

pluralistic.net/2025/10/06/r...

Roderick Gadellaa @rgadellaa.bsky.social · 13d

[NL] "De Palestijnen verloren alles de afgelopen twee jaar. Wij lieten dat gebeuren en gaven ondertussen iets wezenlijks uit handen: de bodem onder onze rechtsstaat. Het volgende doelwit: wie het recht verdedigt."

decorrespondent.nl/16405/ook-he...

Ook het internationaal recht ligt begraven in Gaza. Volgend doelwit: wie zich hierover uitspreekt

De Palestijnen verloren alles de afgelopen twee jaar. Wij lieten dat gebeuren en gaven ondertussen iets wezenlijks uit handen: de bodem onder onze rechtsstaat.

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Roderick Gadellaa @rgadellaa.bsky.social · 14d

Spoiler: the pattern is a very specific browser/platform/vendor

front-end.social/@leaverou/11...

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Alex Russell @infrequently.org · 15d

99+% of the tech press, and basically all of the commentariat, reflexively applies the Apple vs. Google horse-race frame to these App Store takedown stories, and y'all are telling on yourselves.

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EricLaw 🎻 @ericlawrence.com · 16d

The Web is the platform you are looking for. Pass it on.

The Verge @theverge.com · 16d

Apple pulls ICEBlock app from the App Store

ICEBlock reportedly has 1.1 million users.

buff.ly

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Rick Byers @rbyers.net · 15d

I believe it's fundamentally impossible to ship Chrome on iOS meeting the same high quality bar we have on other platforms when we are forced to rely on WKWebView and very slow and unreliable issue handling.

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Roderick Gadellaa @rgadellaa.bsky.social · 14d

And me, ranting about it 😅

webventures.rejh.nl/blog/2024/we...

Web Push on iOS - 1 year anniversary - Webventures

TL;DR: Web Push on iOS is nearing its one year anniversary. It's still mostly useless.

webventures.rejh.nl

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Roderick Gadellaa @rgadellaa.bsky.social · 14d

The commit that checked all the boxes, including a ton that were (or still are!) not supported:

github.com/mdn/browser-...

Document WebKit for iOS 16.4 Home Screen web app specific features (#… · mdn/browser-compat-data@ce72aac

…19280) This data comes from mdn-bcd-collector, albeit modified to run under as a Home Screen web app.

github.com

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Roderick Gadellaa @rgadellaa.bsky.social · 14d

So this sounds like yet another Notifications API (sub)feature that got a green checkmark in MDN because someone at Safari said it works without checking if it actually does?

How did we end up in a place where we have to correct their work, exactly?? 🙄

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Roderick Gadellaa @rgadellaa.bsky.social · 15d

There is a way to reach customers on their phone, have your icon on their home screen:

Web Apps.

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