Apple's Restrictions on Third-Party Browser Engines and EU's Response

TapTechNews May 18th news, The Register, a tech media, recently reported that although Apple has opened up third-party browser engines, it is not friendly to developers in the actual implementation process. Apple will limit the test range to only devices in EU countries.

The report believes that if developers in other countries and regions want to explore the European market and develop and support browsers or related apps using third-party web engines, then this restriction of Apple has added many additional obstacles.

Although developers can test their applications on a Mac using an iPhone simulator and then release them to the App Store, some behaviors can only be observed on real devices. Even if someone reports an error to the developer, it is difficult to discover and fix if the browser cannot be installed on the iPhone.

TapTechNews note: Apple has always required iOS web browsers to use the same WebKit as Safari. However, one of the requirements of the DMA is that developers can use other browser engines as they wish. For example, Google can now release an iOS version of Chrome browser using the same engine as the desktop version.

The European Commission has responded that it is not satisfied with Apple's new regulations and is expected to adopt subsequent measures to require it to further rectify.