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The UK competition watchdog has effectively told Apple that it must allow free and open competition between iPhone web browsers, but at the same time Safari cannot be better than its competitors.
The UK competition watchdog has effectively told Apple that it must allow free and open competition between iPhone web browsers,...
Apple responded by stating that it couldn’t afford to give away new web browsing features to other developers, as that would hamper its ability to innovate. Apple originally forced developers to use WebKit, the company arguing this was to keep the platform safe while competition regulators suggested it was so that competing browsers couldn’t out-perform Safari. Having now allowed developers to create their own browsing engines, opening up full competition for the first time, Apple is now being told that it must share its own browser improvements with its competitors.
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