cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/21906358
Apple announces support for alternative app marketplaces, web browser engines in the EU with iOS 17.4
Updated the link to a better source that gives a more detailed overview.
Great, excited for more chromium browsers 🙄
So Apple still wants to have the power to reject apps from third party app stores.
Curious if that will pass the EUs “Gatekeeper Law”, when they explicitly want to stay the gatekeeper, even if unpaid.
I think this is probably partially a way of indemnifying themselves against any potential problems that users have will malware. There are two outcomes:
- Apple retains gatekeeper prerogative - keeps an eye on any software too problematic
- Brussels says ‘No’, and Apple can subsequently say ‘well we wanted to prevent malware but the EU told us we can’t so sorry your phone was compromised, but you are on your own’.
As a Brit, this gives me yet another reason to wish unending cramps on the shitcunts behind Brexit.
I wonder if citizens outside of the EU can access this. Would love a proper Firefox on my iPhone.
I wonder if this will have any real effect. Allowing other browser engines only in the EU means the developers would need to create browsers specifically for this market and who would do that?
