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.

  • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
    33·
    8 months ago

    What?? Apple has a huge vested interest in keeping their browser the only option. That’s why it took regulation to force them to do otherwise

    If their web browser is too good, they risk losing out on app store money because people will just use web apps when they can. So they intentionally hold back the web, directly for profit reasons. Fuck apple.

    • ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world
      31·
      8 months ago

      Many apps are just web app packaged up in an app. Even on iOS. This wouldn’t work for apple.

      It not like people on Android are using web apps significantly more than iOS. Often on android websites are artificially limiting what you can do on the web app to push you to download their app (many of which are this packaging).

      The biggest hold on web apps is websites.

      Apple had to be forced to allow other browsers to be default because they get billions from Google each year. All because safari defaults to Google search. This is what would motivate apple to restrict the default web browser.

      Changing the web engine isn’t rely a factor in web apps. Safari is very capable. Websites generally work on safari, many that don’t work right on firefox. This isn’t because Firefox or safari is bad, but because Devs develop solely for chrome.

      • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
        15·
        8 months ago

        I couldn’t even begin to correct every misunderstanding you have. Even if I could it would take minimum of an hour. You shouldn’t be so confident.