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Japan: Apple Must Lift Browser Engine Ban by December
Readers may recall that Japan recently passed the Smartphone Act, officially the Bill on the Promotion of Competition for Specified Software Used in Smartphones. Among its most important reforms is a direct prohibition on Apple’s long-standing ban on third-party browser engines on iOS.
It means that designated providers (i.e. Apple) must not only eliminate outright bans (like ), but must also refrain from practices that, while technically permitting browser engines, render their use impractical or commercially unviable. For browsers this is particularly critical as they need extensive access to a broad range of APIs typically reserved for Safari and WebKit. With Japan joining the EU and UK, there are now three jurisdictions where Apple will be required to permit browsers to run their own engines.
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