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We also wrote about our concerns about the loss of smaller browser vendors such as Mozilla if search engine deals with them were banned:
https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/is-it-worth-killing-mozilla-to-shave-off-less-than-1-percent-from-googles-market-share/

Is It Worth Killing Mozilla to Shave Off Less Than 1% From Google’s Market Share? - Open Web Advocacy

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Last year we wrote extensively about our concerns about a plunge in web platform funding in the event of a Chrome sale
https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/break-googles-search-monopoly-without-breaking-the-web/

Break Google’s Search Monopoly without Breaking the Web - Open Web Advocacy

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This is perhaps surprising given the most damaging remedies were rejected by Judge Mehta in the Final Judgement, namely the sale of Chrome and a total ban on search engine deals with browser vendors.

Court filing here:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.223205/gov.uscourts.dcd.223205.1471.1_1.pdf

Breaking: Google Appeals Final Judgment in DOJ Case

Google is requesting a stay on certain provisions of the Final Judgment pending Google’s appeal of the Court’s liability and remedies rulings.

They are asking for a stay on remedies related to disclose “data related to Google’s Web Search index” and “User-side Data” to “Qualified Competitors,” as well as the requirements to enter a “search syndication license” and “Search Text Ads syndication agreement” with “Qualified Competitors".

Apple will also not allow browser vendors to use their own browser engine on iPadOS and other iOS variants.

Japan’s new Smartphone act requires that Apple allow browser vendors to use their own engines in Japan. However, Apple looks set to use the same tactic it has used in the EU to avoid complying with the same provision of the Digital Markets Act for the last twenty-one months.

Read our full analysis here:
https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/how_apples_key_tactic_could_prevent_japans_smartphone_act_from_improving_browser_competition/

Namely, Apple demands that browser vendors lose all their existing Japanese users and produce a brand new browser, rather than simply updating their existing users.

How Apple’s Key Tactic Could Prevent Japan’s Smartphone Act from Improving Browser Competition - Open Web Advocacy

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日本のスマホ新法は、Appleに、ブラウザベンダーが日本で独自のブラウザエンジンを使うことを認めるよう義務付けています。
しかしAppleは、過去21ヶ月にわたり欧州デジタル市場法の同条項の遵守を事実上避けるために用いてきた方法を使うつもりのようです。

詳しくはこちら:
https://open-web-advocacy.org/ja/blog/how_apples_key_tactic_could_prevent_japans_smartphone_act_from_improving_browser_competition/

具体的には、Appleは独自エンジンを使いたいブラウザベンダーに対し、既存アプリの更新として提供することを認めず、既存の日本ユーザーを引き継がない全く新しいアプリとして提供することを求めています。
また、Appleは、iPadOS等のiOS派生OSにおいて、独自エンジンを使用することを認めていません。

Appleの主要な戦術が、日本のスマホ法によるブラウザ競争の改善を阻む可能性について - Open Web Advocacy

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