A lone scuba diver takes the plunge into the deep blue. But what we first assume is a solo dip into the serene sea turns out to be his descent into a traffic jam of assorted other divers. It turns out they’re all clamoring for a snapshot of the same fish, stumbling over one another to get a glimpse of their desired subject.
A voiceover rhetorically asks, “Wouldn’t the world be strange if we all saved the same thing?” That’s why HSBC offers a break from that mayhem with “a range of saving options.” To parallel HSBC, we see a lone fisherman on a boat–secluded from the horde of scuba watercraft. The solitary fisherman kicks back and enjoys his day at one with the ocean, away from the madding crowd.
“Scuba” is one of two similarly themed HSBC spots–the other depicting a world of Harley Davidson motorcycle owners–directed by Steve Hudson of Outsider, London and Santa Monica, for JWT, London.
The core agency team consisted of art director Ross Callow, copywriter Simon Bullet and producer Kate Taylor.
Jonathon Ker executive produced for Outsider, with Jeremy Bannister serving as producer. The DP on the South African shoot was Iain Murray.
Editor was Bill Smedley of The Quarry, London.
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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