Oh look, cracking down on Big Tech works. Brave, Firefox, Vivaldi surge on iOS - eviltoast
Brave, Mozilla, Vivaldi see browser installs rise on iOS
www.theregister.com
Thanks to Europe forcing Apple to offer a browser choice screen. Now, about ditching WebKit ...

Since Apple implemented a browser choice screen for iPhones earlier this month to comply with Europe’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), Brave Software, Mozilla, and Vivaldi have seen a surge in the number of people installing their web browsers.

It’s an early sign that Europe’s competition rules may actually … get this … enhance competition – an outcome that skeptics deemed unlikely.

  • WindyRebel@lemmy.world
    5·
    8 months ago

    There have been rumors that Apple would open it up for iOS, but I wasn’t sure if they still require Webkit, so I looked it up.

    Apparently, in the EU, they can use their own tools as of 17.4 (which just released) but I guess US still uses WebKit.

    • Dojan@lemmy.world
      4·
      8 months ago

      Yeah, I’m in the EU so it’s been decently big news here. That said I’m having a hard time believing that they’d make separate versions of their browsers for the EU and then the rest of the world. That’s a lot of work for a potentially very small market.