On the heels of its Super Bowl commercial “The Dog Strikes Back,” Volkswagen broke this spot which focuses on safety. But like the Big Game ad, “Sacrifice” delivers its message with humor as we are introduced to a mother who is inexplicably driving a cheesy, somewhat sleazy green street racer, from which is blasting inescapable hip-hop music.
She loads her groceries into her tricked out green ride as we can’t help but think she is the antithesis of what she’s driving.
An explanation comes when she arrives home and swaps her car keys with her daughter’s “hip” boyfriend who’s driving her Volkswagen Tiguan. Turns out mom wants to make sure her daughter is safe and secure when on a date with her guy pal.
Simon McQuoid of Imperial Woodpecker directed for Deutsch LA.
Apple and Google Face UK Investigation Into Mobile Browser Dominance
Apple and Google aren't giving consumers a genuine choice of mobile web browsers, a British watchdog said Friday in a report that recommends they face an investigation under new U.K. digital rules taking effect next year.
The Competition and Markets Authority took aim at Apple, saying the iPhone maker's tactics hold back innovation by stopping rivals from giving users new features like faster webpage loading. Apple does this by restricting progressive web apps, which don't need to be downloaded from an app store and aren't subject to app store commissions, the report said.
"This technology is not able to fully take off on iOS devices," the watchdog said in a provisional report on its investigation into mobile browsers that it opened after an initial study concluded that Apple and Google effectively have a chokehold on "mobile ecosystems."
The CMA's report also found that Apple and Google manipulate the choices given to mobile phone users to make their own browsers "the clearest or easiest option."
And it said that the a revenue-sharing deal between the two U.S. Big Tech companies "significantly reduces their financial incentives" to compete in mobile browsers on Apple's iOS operating system for iPhones.
Both companies said they will "engage constructively" with the CMA.
Apple said it disagreed with the findings and said it was concerned that the recommendations would undermine user privacy and security.
Google said the openness of its Android mobile operating system "has helped to expand choice, reduce prices and democratize access to smartphones and apps" and that it's "committed to open platforms that empower consumers."
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