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by omnimus 82 days ago
No it's not. The percentage of people who actually can use alt stores is so small that nobody will really dedicate money to make browser build for iOS. Why would they when Apple would just make the work impossible anyway.

It's pure malicious compliance from Apple. Anybody defending Apple on this is simply delusional.
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cromka 82 days ago
Alt stores and web engine stuff are two separate things: https://developer.apple.com/support/alternative-browser-engi...

Browsers with alternative engines can be offered in regular AppStore. That's why I wonder why isn't this a thing. At the end of the day, browser makers probably want to reduce confusion and complexity of maintaining two vastly different applications under the same name. This most likely isn't a case of malicious compliance, you got yourself carried away here I think.

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hasanhaja 82 days ago
I think malicious compliance is a fair interpretation of the situation: https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/apples-browser-engine-ban...
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neomantra 82 days ago
I think the main technological limitation is that other browsers cannot just-in-time compile (JIT) JavaScript or any other embedded language. Except in the EU.

ETA: your link includes JIT; I’m pointing out that that’s why they don’t exist outside of the EU. Non-JIT browsers would just not be very performant.

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kokada 82 days ago
If that is true, this is malicious complaint. Unless Safari has the same restrictions, of course.
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omnimus 82 days ago
This whole thing is of Apples doing. Of course they don't want to comply.
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zombot 82 days ago
And regulators are obviously unwilling/unable to hit them with fines that really make a difference beyond "cost of doing business" small change.
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omnimus 82 days ago
Now it's straight up protectionism from USA. You touch our tech margins, we won't do business with you. So yeah the regulators are unable, even if they wanted to something.

Doctorow is right when he keeps saying that countries should make it legal to jailbreak devices. The problem is that first country that tries that will get hammer from the almighty POTUS.

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expedition32 82 days ago
The Chinese kicked out American companies when they were sure they could replace them with their own.

Keeping money in your own country and not funding the B2s that will bomb you one day.

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