Mastodawn

Open Web Advocacy 1d ago

"Apple’s claims for WebKit’s superior speed, privacy and security don’t stand up to scrutiny. It’s time for the regulators to strike down Apple’s restrictive terms and conditions, and compel Cupertino to fix BrowserEngineKit, so we can have genuine competition on iOS."

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📖Read more:
https://brucelawson.co.uk/2026/safari-blazing-fast-o-rly/

Open Web Advocacy 1d ago

"Since about 2020, Apple has emphasised Privacy and speed in its marketing materials. In its market investigation, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) wrote in its paper The requirement for browsers operating on iOS devices to use Apple’s WebKit browser engine"
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Open Web Advocacy 1d ago

"But while it hawks “privacy” to consumers, to regulators across the world Apple cites “security” as the reason it should be allowed to maintain its iOS browser engine monopoly. On security, too, the CMA found Apple’s claims to be weak"
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Open Web Advocacy 1d ago

Also see the Register's coverage:
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https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/06/17/apples-webkit-performance-tax-leaves-ios-browsers-stuck-in-the-slow-lane-says-microsoft/5257384

Apple's WebKit performance tax leaves iOS browsers stuck in the slow lane, says Microsoft

Rival rendering engines could make pages load almost 30% faster on iPhones, Redmond claims

theregister

Open Web Advocacy

MacRumors’ coverage:
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https://www.macrumors.com/2026/06/17/webkit-rule-costs-ios-users-browser-performance/

Apple's WebKit Rules Reportedly Cost iOS Users Almost 30% Browser Performance

Microsoft engineers have published benchmark results showing that a Chromium-based browser using its own rendering engine scores 28.6% higher than...

MacRumors

Open Web Advocacy 1d ago

Our analysis:
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https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/28-percent-faster--the-blink-prototype-that-shows-why-apples-ios-browser-engine-ban-must-end/

28% Faster: The Blink Prototype That Shows Why Apple's iOS Browser Engine Ban Must End - Open Web Advocacy

Open Web Advocacy

Open Web Advocacy 1d ago

日本語でもご覧いただけます：
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https://open-web-advocacy.org/ja/blog/28-percent-faster--the-blink-prototype-that-shows-why-apples-ios-browser-engine-ban-must-end/

28%高速化: AppleのiOSブラウザエンジン禁止措置を終わらせるべき理由を示すBlinkプロトタイプ - Open Web Advocacy

Open Web Advocacy

Wish the sun to stand still 🌞1d ago

@owa Apple wants to drive people away from web sites. #appstore