[mtomweb]

We believe that third party browsers should be allowed to compete fairly on iOS using the same engines they safely deliver to every other platform. Further, that Web Apps enabled by the functionality, stability and security delivered via intense competition between browsers should allow developers to bypass and contest the gatekeepers App Store via the world's only truly interoperable platform, the Web.

With this in mind OWA has been looking over Apple’s proposals for compliance with the EU’s Digital Markets Act to determine whether Apple intends to genuinely comply with its legal obligations regarding browsers and web apps. As OWA has argued at length, true choice in browsers is the most important counterbalance to gatekeeper monopoly power, so the answer to this question matters enormously.

Unfortunately so far it appears that the answer is "no".

Our analysis digs into the following questions: - Will browser vendors be effectively able to bring their own engine to iOS? - Will browser vendors be able to implement proper web app support on iOS? - Will browser vendors be able to compete fairly with Safari?

Lets dig in

[rgovostes]

The questions I'd like to see elaborated on: What value does the average user derive from being able to run Blink, Gecko, Presto, etc.? For apps with embedded browser engines, to what extent should the publishers be held responsible for patching them against cybersecurity threats?