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by Faark 894 days ago
Eh, these are implementation details.

But how can those stores effectively compete while being controlled by the same entity? The EU breaking up Apple into separate companies for each "store" because of this argument would be pretty funny, though.
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dogma1138 894 days ago
The EU accepted that Safari for Mac, Safari for iOS and Safari for IpadOS are different browsers hence why the Gatekeeper clause doesn’t apply to Apple.

Apple just using the same argument they’ve successfully argued before already.

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smnrchrds 894 days ago
They made that argument about Safari, but did they win? I cannot find a news article about the outcome of the argument.
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iruoy 894 days ago
Well on macOS you're free to use whatever. On iOS and iPadOS Apple demands apps to use the Safari engine (WebKit).

So they are a gatekeeper on iOS and iPadOS, but not on macOS.

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tourmalinetaco 894 days ago
Didn’t they recently (as in iOS 17) allow for alternative browser engines to be used on mobile?
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