Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store in the European Union

Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by mixdup on Friday January 26, 2024 @09:29AM (#39142963)

Apple has significant restrictions around web content including the fact that up until now you can only use their rendering engine. Chrome on iOS uses Safari under the hood

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Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by amelius on Friday January 26, 2024 @10:35AM (#39143824)

So perhaps Apple should put those restrictions around Apps too?

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Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by mixdup on Friday January 26, 2024 @02:30PM (#39146990)

they did..it's called the App Store

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Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by amelius on Friday January 26, 2024 @04:19PM (#39148560)

So first it is different, then it is not?

In any case, the Internet does not have to pay Apple to be discoverable and accessible.

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Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by jimkoen on Friday January 26, 2024 @02:39PM (#39147112)

Yes, and as we all know, WebKit is the most secure, least exploited browser rendering Engine /s

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Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by Qwertious on Friday January 26, 2024 @05:22PM (#39149515)

>Chrome on iOS uses Safari under the hood

Firefox, too.

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