That's part of the problem. I had seen on a thread where someone was asking if that would mean a mobile version of a browser, the response from some of the devs was "no for now" seeing as it is only the EU and that it would be a lot of work to do for a small portion of a potential user base.
Yeah, that's great, however, where's ONE browser with a 3rd party engine? No Chrome, no Firefox, no Brave... So much talk, years and years and now that Apple was forced into making it available there's not a single browser using it.
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lemmeBe@sh.itjust.works · 35 pts · 1y
Let me correct that for you:
iOS 18.2 Finally Forced to Allow Third-Party Browser Web Apps With Custom Engines in EU
P.S. Thanks, Brussels.
narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee · 18 pts · 1y
If you miss the word "Web" in the title:
It allowed that since iOS 17.4, but 18.2 will also allow these apps to as Home Screen icons/PWAs.
I've yet to find a browser for iOS with a custom engine though.
mrfriki@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
Yeah, still waiting for my Firefox + ublock on iOS, guess I’ll have to wait until my iPad dies and buy an Android tablet instead.
kill_dash_nine@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
That's part of the problem. I had seen on a thread where someone was asking if that would mean a mobile version of a browser, the response from some of the devs was "no for now" seeing as it is only the EU and that it would be a lot of work to do for a small portion of a potential user base.
CrashOverride@moth.social · -2 pts · 1y
@narc0tic_bird @Sunshine only in the EU, thankfully.
troed@fedia.io · 8 pts · 1y
"What has the EU ever done fo..."
oh
(tbh, as an EU citizen, I'm really happy with most of what happens in the union)
thoralf@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 1y
Finally!
dinckelman@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
TCB13@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Yeah, that's great, however, where's ONE browser with a 3rd party engine? No Chrome, no Firefox, no Brave... So much talk, years and years and now that Apple was forced into making it available there's not a single browser using it.
Sunshine@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 1y
Firefox said that it’s difficult to maintain two versions of Firefox on iOS as it would be Gecko for EU and WebKit for Global.
TCB13@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
I'm hoping that some US state also decides to enforce this browser engine thing so then US companies start having interest in making iOS engines.