Apple and Google’s mobile browser ‘stranglehold’ may face UK investigation

Re:Apple and Google’s mobile browser ‘stranglehold’ may face... by the_other on Saturday June 11, 2022 @06:28AM (#31703423)

IMO, at this point, Apple’s resistance to allowing other browser engines is the only viable resistance to a Blink/Chromium monopoly.

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Re:Apple and Google’s mobile browser ‘stranglehold’ may face... by ajvs on Saturday June 11, 2022 @06:47AM (#31703505)

Not really since CMA also took aim at Google Chrome's dominance. If that is made no longer the default browser then it'd go a long way to increasing browser diversity. I can only hope Gecko (Firefox) grows in the wake of that.

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Re:Apple and Google’s mobile browser ‘stranglehold’ may face... by tzs on Saturday June 11, 2022 @10:36AM (#31704720)

Chrome is not the default browser on Windows yet massively dominates there with around 9x the usage of Firefox (and around maybe 6x the usage of the Windows default browser, Edge).

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Re:Apple and Google’s mobile browser ‘stranglehold’ may face... by philistine on Saturday June 11, 2022 @11:46AM (#31705354)

Aren't OEMs bundling Chrome as an opportunity to sell extensions installs?

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Re:Apple and Google’s mobile browser ‘stranglehold’ may face... by agust on Saturday June 11, 2022 @06:47AM (#31703504)

It's highly unlikely that opening up iOS to competing browser engines will result in Chrome taking over. It has always been that way on macOS, and yet Safari is dominant there with around 60% market share.

What is much more likely is that Apple will start investing properly in WebKit to be able to compete with Blink and Gecko. It's in fact already happening.

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Re:Apple and Google’s mobile browser ‘stranglehold’ may face... by tshell on Saturday June 11, 2022 @07:03AM (#31703582)

Do you have a source for that 60% figure? That seems odd to me. Almost every non-techy person I know with a Mac still uses Chrome.

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