A man walks up the steps of 1st National Gargantuan Bank. He notices that walking down those steps is a gent who is bare chested, wearing boxer shorts and dress shoes.
As our initial gent walks into the lobby, his jacket flies off. As he enters the bank and stands in line, his shirt and pants are whisked away, disappearing into thin air. He’s down to his briefs as he approaches the teller’s window. A woman customer at the adjacent window is down to her undergarments.
We hear another garment tear, presumably the guy’s briefs as the woman looks away nervously.
A voiceover notes that too-big-to-fail banks continue to fee us to death in myriad ways, asking, “How much more do you want them to take.” The voiceover advises us to ditch our banks and move over to Affinity Plus Credit Union which is “not for profit, for people.”
“Underwear and Socks” was directed by Matt Pittroff of Twist for Risdall Marketing Group.
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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