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Re:Apple and Google’s mobile browser ‘stranglehold’ may face... by tempodox on Saturday June 11, 2022 @06:29AM (#31703428)
I would hope that this ends with Apple being pressured to make changes. Whether Apple will comply in a way that meets the spirit of the requirement is an entirely different question. I can see them allowing other engines, hamstringing them or otherwise adding friction, and blaming it on “security” reasons.
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Re:Apple and Google’s mobile browser ‘stranglehold’ may face... by agust on Saturday June 11, 2022 @06:37AM (#31703461)
It is indeed a risk. A risk that the CMA is well aware of though, and among the remedies considered are also present:

- "mandating access to certain functionality for browsers (including supporting web apps)"; - "requiring Apple and Google to provide equal access to functionality through APIs for rival browsers".

All this remedies combined should, in theory at least, prevent Apple from obstructing other browsers.

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