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Japan: Apple Must Lift Browser Engine Ban by December

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Re: Japan: Apple Must Lift Browser Engine Ban by December

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Post by agust »

So after the EU and the UK, Japan is now putting an end to Apple's iOS alternative browser engine ban too.

Those are 3 large jurisdictions, I wonder if that's now a market big enough for Chrome and Firefox to invest into iOS versions of their browser that use Blink and Gecko under the hood. From what I heard this was one of the main reasons they haven't done it yet.

Re: Japan: Apple Must Lift Browser Engine Ban by December

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Post by immibis »

agust wrote: post #2

So after the EU and the UK, Japan is now putting an end to Apple's iOS alternative browser engine ban too. Those are 3 large jurisdictions, I wonder if that's now a market big enough for Chrome and Firefox to invest into iOS versions of their browser that use Blink and Gecko under the hood. From what I heard this was one of the main reasons they haven't done it yet.

I thought it was because Apple still put so many roadblocks in the way of browser developers that nobody was able to pass them.

Re: Japan: Apple Must Lift Browser Engine Ban by December

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Post by zamadatix »

kjfaejgoaeijhei wrote: post #4

to anyone who believes this is good news: enjoy your chrome monoculture in a few years when apple stops developing safari

If we get there maybe it'll lead to a culture of something beyond "people on iOS don't truly use Chrome so I guess it's not really a problem worth doing anything about yet".

Re: Japan: Apple Must Lift Browser Engine Ban by December

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Post by ChocolateGod »

agust wrote: post #2

So after the EU and the UK, Japan is now putting an end to Apple's iOS alternative browser engine ban too. Those are 3 large jurisdictions, I wonder if that's now a market big enough for Chrome and Firefox to invest into iOS versions of their browser that use Blink and Gecko under the hood. From what I heard this was one of the main reasons they haven't done it yet.

I thought in the UK, the government decided to only weakly enforce the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024.
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