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Now 🔥AppleInsider covers the #AppleBrowserBan

"Apple has created a program that lets third-party browser engines come to iOS, yet keeps security and privacy in mind. "And for whatever reason, they've chosen not to do so." - Apple

https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/07/14/apple-still-effectively-blocks-rival-browser-engines-on-ios-despite-eu-order

Apple still effectively blocks rival browser engines on iOS despite EU order

The Open Web Advocacy group claims that despite claiming to allow rival browser engines on the iPhone, Apple has made it impossible for developers to create them.

AppleInsider
Jul 16 at 7:59amWeb
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And readđź“– our full coverage here:
https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/apples-browser-engine-ban-persists-even-under-the-dma/
Apple’s Browser Engine Ban Persists, Even Under the DMA - Open Web Advocacy

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@owa Why doesn’t Google publish a separate experimental Chromium-based browser on iOS, completely unrelated to Chrome, not to acquire any new users but to force Apple’s hand on things like Add to home screen?
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@simevidas Apple doesn’t provide an API for add to homescreen. They force you to trigger the share sheet. Install prompts for web apps should be possible in WebKit based browsers today, but they aren’t because Apple doesn’t provide the API.
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@owa From watching Apple’s response in that video, I got the impression that Apple’s stance regarding that API is ”we’ll think about that problem once there actually exist browsers with other engines on iOS”.