Apple still making life hard for rival browsers

EU browser engine choice not working, says rival

Apple’s continued belligerence means not a single browser maker has taken advantage of the option to use their own browser engine for iOS in the EU, the CEO of Vivaldi told PC Pro. The EU’s Digital Markets Act in effect forced Apple to stop mandating that rival browsers use its own WebKit engine. Yet even competitors as large as Google have so far refrained from using their own browser engine in the EU, because Apple is putting too many obstacles in their path, according to Vivaldi founder Jon von Tetzchner. He said that Apple was “gradually making it slightly easier” for browsers to use their own engines, but that it still wasn’t feasible for his company to do so, not least because Apple still mandates WebKit in non-EU countries. “They…

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