Frank Todaro of Moxie Pictures directed this PSA which starts out with a young lad and lass on the front porch of a house at night. They draw closer together and are about to have what looks like their first kiss–that is until the porch light comes on, prompting the boy to jump off the porch and flee.
The girl’s parents come out of the house and look at their daughter.
The father says, “I was afraid of that.”
The mom chimes in, “guess it’s time to get you fixed.”
The camera returns to the daughter who is revealed to be a young cat. Her boyfriend is a tomcat who we see scampering away.
A voiceover intervenes, relating, “Your pets will start fooling around sooner than you think. Accidental litters lead to millions killed in shelters each year. Help prevent more. Fix at month four.”
TM Advertising conceived of the “Fix at Four” campaign which educates people on when to spay and neuter their pets, not just why.
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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