Does this intent deprecate or change behavior of existing APIs, such that it has potentially high risk for Android WebView-based applications?
Tim Sweeney on Twitter / X
Google is opening up Android all the way with robust support for competing stores, competing payments, and a better deal for all developers. So, we've settled all of our disputes worldwide. THANKS GOOGLE! https://t.co/Dq6eXNnZd0— Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) March 4, 2026
webmcp is the new web intents ... maybe
One day the web will have a federated way to link to functionality. I swear we will. For those who know me, you can tell that I’ve been thinking about Web Intents again… a lot. If you don’t know me, Web Intents was a 2012 attempt to give the web a vocabulary for “I want to do X, what site can help me?”. Share, edit, pick, save-for-later, buy. And a way for sites to ask for a link to a site that matched their intent. It was basically Android Intents for the web. It got pulled. I’ve written about what happened to Web Intents and again when I was reinventing Web Intents.
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Updates
A library that enables your app to manage remote updates to your application code.
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Unless users take action, Android will let Gemini access third-party apps
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If you ship a Web App in the EU and will be impacted by this, please sign our open letter to Tim Cook. It is critical that we gather as much evidence as possible to prevent Apple from breaking Web Apps in the EU.
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Find information about OpenAI API deprecations and recommended replacements.
Apps are too complex so maybe features should be ownable and tradable
Posted on Friday 29 Apr 2022. 1,955 words, 12 links. By Matt Webb.
Alex Moore on Open Web Advocacy and Why "Innovation Doesn't Come from the Gatekeepers"
Keep Android Open
Your phone is about to stop being yours. In September 2026, Google will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with them.
Post-appitalism rejects the super-app as a meaningful alternative to todays app-based production of software. An app that becomes so big that it starts sucking in smaller apps perpetuates the same dynamics no matter how well integrated the smaller apps can be.
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