Jan W. Illens
janwillens.bsky.social
Jan W. Illens
@janwillens.bsky.social
Enjoys posting about legal stuff. 📚 | Big fan of taking pictures 📸 | He/Him/His 🤠 | Active in LGBTQ+ community 🏳️‍🌈
Ambassador at EUorigin 🇪🇺
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Privacy tools, such as App Tracking Transparency, are crucial to the app ecosystem. They empower consumers to exercise control over their data, fostering trust between consumers and the developer/market.

Italy should reconsider its fine, and Germany should reach a similar conclusion in this matter.
January 21, 2026 at 8:54 AM
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It happened.

Read the #vaicatx announcement here: www.vaic.at/announcing-e...
August 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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In June 2025, vaic.at Software had the privilege of participating in a roundtable discussion at Scale Lab @ Developed: Amsterdam, an innovative micro-accelerator that is revolutionizing the way European startups perceive regulation and policy compliance.
www.vaic.at/vaic-ats-fou...
June 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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In June 2025, vaicat Software had the privilege of joining ACT | The App Association in Copenhagen as both a roundtable speaker and a proud member of the Association. Hosted in the historic city-centre venue Matrikel 1 and co-hosted by CVX Ventures.
Read more:
www.vaic.at/vaic-ats-fou...
vaic.at’s Founder at: ‘Developed, Copenhagen’ - vaicat International
www.vaic.at
June 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Envision yourself anywhere within the EU / EEA with the mEUvy app: apps.apple.com/app/meuvy/id...

The Hague to Berlin, Stockholm to Lisbon, Paris to Amsterdam and much more. It really is that simple!

*Video created with Google Veo 3.
May 26, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Are you considering relocating to a new European city? If so, mEUvy is the perfect tool to compare the cities that interest you.

*Video done with Veo 3.
May 21, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Epic Games is acting like it’s entitled to special treatment from App Review—despite being the same company that covertly hotfixed Fortnite to bypass Apple’s payment system in 2020. The audacity to now complain about the deeper review process after that history is wild.
May 14, 2025 at 10:11 PM
A lot of people are cheering the latest court blow to Apple. Those celebrating—includes game studios known for dark patterns and aggressive monetization targeting kids—aren’t exactly champions of user freedom.

Apple appealed, rightfully so. Let’s unpack the full picture in the thread below.
May 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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30-04-2025, exclusively on App Store.
April 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
And there it is... Finally I can talk about this publicly. @euorigin.bsky.social will join @meuvy.bsky.social to form stack of EU focused services by @vaicat.bsky.social to help EU Talent Mobility and EU Entrepreneurship grow.

Let me explain in the thread below! (Also, check out the quoted post).
We are changing some stuff. 👀
A Vision Pro and iPhone app is coming soon! Follow the development live on @cuebes.bsky.social and stay tuned on our Mastodon / BlueSky account for overall updates!

Powered by @vaicat.bsky.social.

Here is a sneak peek:
April 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Would you believe me if I said that Spotify is currently hunting down modded APKs, shutting down APIs and SDKs in the name of user safety and data security?

After years of spreading lies about Apple, this is the type of gamesmanship we should have expected.

More on this soon. ✍️ 📝 🔜
November 28, 2024 at 11:34 PM
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I have shared the following document with EU ombudsman.

I believe communication from (former) Commissioners breaks Code of Conduct and undermine public trust in the integrity of EU institutions and impartiality during the creation and enforcement of legislation like DMA.
November 25, 2024 at 6:28 PM
This is dumb. It shouldn’t happen and it is in consumer’s best interest that it never will. The DOJ is crashing out…
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
DOJ Will Push Google to Sell off Chrome to Break Search Monopoly
Top Justice Department antitrust officials have decided to ask a judge to force Alphabet Inc.’s Google to sell off its Chrome browser in what would be a historic crackdown on one of the world’s bigges...
www.bloomberg.com
November 19, 2024 at 7:49 AM
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This is what it’s all about 😂 #VisionPro
November 15, 2024 at 8:23 AM
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Yesterday was an great day, ACT | The App Association ( actonline.org/eu/ ) organised a panel with a topic that is very interesting to me & my company @vaicat.bsky.social:
"Bridging the gab between government (policy) and innovation".

As a proud ACT member, I had the opportunity to join the panel.
November 15, 2024 at 12:09 PM
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Can’t believe it took me this long to leave Twitter/X. Finally made the jump over to BlueSky. Who else is here?
September 16, 2024 at 8:15 AM
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This week there is an open build session for Hemlock, our immersive Story reading app for Vision Pro.
The app reads the Story to you while letters are highlighted so you can follow along. It can use your location, local weather and timezone to let the Story play out around you as a reader.
Preview:
September 16, 2024 at 12:08 PM