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Re:Apple confirms it's breaking iPhone web apps in the EU on... by agust on Thursday February 15, 2024 @04:43PM (#39389401)
They could develop APIs to support alternate browser engines but could not allow them to install sandboxed web apps on the system? Like all other OSes do, including macOS?

How surprising.

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Re:Apple confirms it's breaking iPhone web apps in the EU on... by bobbylarrybobby on Thursday February 15, 2024 @05:34PM (#39390174)
The whole point is that doing so would privilege safari over other browsers, which is illegal.
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Re:Apple confirms it's breaking iPhone web apps in the EU on... by kmbfjr on Thursday February 15, 2024 @04:59PM (#39389659)
Are not some of the changes in the EU so that people won’t have to rely on Apple’s APIs?
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