Apple and Google’s mobile browser ‘stranglehold’ may face UK investigation
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#3I am struggling to get my arms round this
I mean, it's not actually about the browser, but let's ignore that.
Companies that sell phones choose to install a particular OS. Apple's choice is obvious, for others (99.9%) it's a version of Android. The vast majority of those choose to use Google's ecosystem with its Playstore.
Much as I can understand the sentiment, I can't see how it equates to a stranglehold. If others want to create a new OS and get manufacturers to install it they can.
Whether the UK has any clout compared to the EU is a different question.
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#4Direct link: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jun/10/apple-and-g...
There is some irony with this submission URL being redirected through Google, with who knows what amount of tracking. Probably because they ended up copy-pasting something that looks like a URL at first, but when you click on it, changes to be a redirect through Google (looking at you, Google search results).
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#5Direct link: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jun/10/apple-and-g...
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Re: Apple and Google’s mobile browser ‘stranglehold’ may face UK investigation
#6Direct link: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jun/10/apple-and-g...
There is some irony with this submission URL being redirected through Google, with who knows what amount of tracking. Probably because they ended up copy-pasting something that looks like a URL at first, but when you click on it, changes to be a redirect through Google (looking at you, Google search results).
Embarrassed! Though in mitigation I use the Guardian app so I wanted a clean link. Failed.
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
There is some irony with this submission URL being redirected through Google, with who knows what amount of tracking. Probably because they ended up copy-pasting something that looks like a URL at first, but when you click on it, changes to be a redirect through Google (looking at you, Google search results).
Embarrassed! Though in mitigation I use the Guardian app so I wanted a clean link. Failed.
Can you edit it?
If not, @dang, can you please edit it?
Re: Apple and Google’s mobile browser ‘stranglehold’ may face UK investigation
#8I am struggling to get my arms round this I mean, it's not actually about the browser, but let's ignore that. Companies that sell phones choose to install a particular OS. Apple's choice is obvious, for others (99.9%) it's a version of Android. The vast majority of those choose to use Google's ecosystem with its Playstore. Much as I can understand the sentiment, I can't see how it equates to a stranglehold. If others…
At this point, the EU regulatory bodies are probably inclined to agree with their former brethren. There seem to be very few national or supranational governments left that are going to bat for these companies.
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#9Honestly I'm surprised it's as low as 90%. What's the rest? The Samsung browser?
From my experience using Firefox on Android, very few websites care about compatibility with it.