Re:Senators introduce bipartisan antitrust bill to promote a...
by Silhouette on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @09:25PM
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Even if the only effect of a law like this was that you could run a better browser on iOS, that in itself would potentially be game-changing. It is hardly a radical suggestion at this point that Apple might have consistently and knowingly nerfed the only real browser users can run on iOS to reduce competition to native apps bought through its own store.
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Re:Senators introduce bipartisan antitrust bill to promote a...
by Jcowell on Thursday August 12, 2021 @01:30AM
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Let’s be honest here. If that happens , Chrome wins cause developers interest do not align with consumer interest but money interest. Understand I’m not saying that Developers go for the money, I’m saying the majority of companies that employ developers do and they will target chrome. Firefox by itself is not enough to fend off Chromes “standards” and the only thing ironically stopping Chrome dominance is stagnation not completion.
Re:Senators introduce bipartisan antitrust bill to promote a...
by Silhouette on Thursday August 12, 2021 @02:59AM
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I am all for browser diversity but if there did end up being only one browser almost everyone used I would prefer it to be Chrome than iOS Safari. Everything from security updates to functionality in numerous areas is inferior with Safari and that hurts users and developers alike.
Re:Senators introduce bipartisan antitrust bill to promote a...
by garyclarke27 on Thursday August 12, 2021 @03:38AM
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Yes forcing Apple to allow alternative Browser Engines and javascript/html/css runtimes such as Electron, would be the quickest and easiest way to help developers introduce some real competition to native apps.