Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by dogma1138 895 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.
2 comments
smnrchrds 895 days ago
They made that argument about Safari, but did they win? I cannot find a news article about the outcome of the argument.
link
iruoy 895 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.

link
tourmalinetaco 895 days ago
Didn’t they recently (as in iOS 17) allow for alternative browser engines to be used on mobile?
link