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Help make a difference for the future of the web!
If you love what we're doing and would like to support our work, please consider making a donation or by getting your company to support us.
OWA is a registered not-for-profit fighting for the Web against heavily financed gatekeepers to ensure the future of Browser competition and Web Apps
For US tax deductible donations see below.
US Residents
Open Web Advocacy operates under the fiscal sponsorship of Aspiration in the US (EIN: 91-2106274), a US 501(c)(3) charity. Aspiration maintains full discretion over how funds are ultimately used to best advance that mission, whether or not they are granted to OWA.
Please consult a tax professional regarding the deductibility of donations in your local jurisdiction.
Aspiration can accept a wide variety of donation types including:
Bank Transfer / Wire Transfer / EFT
For banking details, please email us.Donor Advised Funds
Please make the donation out to Aspiration (EIN: 91-2106274). In the details please write "To further OWA's charitable purpose".Benevity
You can donate to Aspiration on Benevity (EIN: 91-2106274). In the details please write "To further OWA's charitable purpose".Matching Gifts
You may be able to double or triple your gift through your employer’s matching gift program. Contact your employer’s social impact team or HR team to see if they match. Aspiration supports Benevity, see above. If they use another platform, let us know!Check / Stock / Crypto / Other
For details please email us.
| Name | Aspiration |
| Address | 1300 Evans Ave #880264 San Francisco, CA 94188 |
| Tax ID | 91-2106274 |
| Purpose | "To further OWA's charitable purpose" |
What do we do?
Open Web Advocacy is a not-for-profit whose mission is to educate regulators, policymakers, businesses and the public about the intricate technical details that they need to understand both the major anti-competitive issues related to browsers and web apps, and the promise of a more open and competitive future offered by capable web apps.
We aim to allow both browsers and web apps to compete fairly on all operating systems. At the heart of this is ending Apple’s longstanding ban on third-party browser engines on iOS.
We do this by talking to regulators all over the world including in the EU, the UK, Japan and Australia. We also produce educational content and talks with the aim of explaining key issues that are holding back the mobile web and how to fix them.
We believe that as a direct result of our work the following achievements have been made:
- Apple reversed its decision to remove key web app functionality in the EU
- Apple has been prohibited from banning browser engines in the EU
- Apple has been prohibited from banning browser engines in Japan
- Apple now allows browser vendors to test their own browsers outside the EU
- Apple no longer hides the option to change default browser if Safari is the default
- Apple has implemented push notifications for iOS Safari
- Apple has implemented a global defaults page on iOS
- Apple grants the hotseat to the selected browser in the EU browser choice screen
The Web could be an outstanding mobile application platform. It already dominates on desktop, where more than 70 percent of user time is powered by web technologies. It offers so many innate advantages: build once with a single code base, run smoothly on every operating system, enjoy strong security, high performance, broad interoperability, and freedom from gatekeepers. No fees. No app store rules. No app review. Consumers win through higher quality, more secure, more private and cheaper software. Developers win by having a direct relationship with their customers free from gatekeeper fees, censorship and control.
Yet this future is being prevented by anti-competitive practices. If we work together, we can change that and create a world where the Web can finally compete on equal terms across all platforms.
The Web is the world's only truly interoperable check against operating system platform monopolies. It must be allowed to compete fairly.
Volunteer
If you would like to volunteer your time to support this cause, please contact us by email or join our Discord.
Years in Review
Find out what we are up to each year by reading our end of year reports:
OWA YEAR IN REVIEW - 2024
OWA YEAR IN REVIEW - 2023