Navigating Apple's App Store Monopoly

Apple kills EU web apps, Amazon launches a JS runtime optimized for serverless workloads & we play a game of 20 (15) questions to welcome Jessica Sachs to the party!

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Featuring:

• Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Amal Hussein – GitHub, X
• Christopher Hiller – Website, GitHub, Mastodon, X
• Jessica Sachs – Website, GitHub, X

Show Notes:

• Take the OWA survey ASAP!
• It’s Official, Apple Kills Web Apps in the EU
• Arc from The Browser Company
• LLRT: Amazon’s new JS runtime
• QuickJS
• Introducing Tempo • A new date library for JS/TS

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