Tag: #dma

Allison Johnson for The Verge:

Whining about stuff is a treasured American pastime, so allow me to indulge: the iPhone is more fun in Europe now, and it’s not fair.

They’re getting all kinds of stuff because they have cool regulators, not like, regular regulators. Third-party app stores, the ability for browsers to run their own engines, Fortnite, and now the ability to replace lots of default apps? I want it, too! Imagine if Chrome on iOS wasn’t just a rinky dink little Safari emulator! Imagine downloading a new dialer app with a soundboard of fart sounds and setting it as your default! Unfortunately, Apple doesn’t seem interested in sharing these possibilities with everyone.

After all, the EU isn’t left behind, but gets the better version. Apple may need to reconsider.

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We’re providing more flexibility for developers who distribute apps in the European Union (EU), including introducing a new way to distribute apps directly from a developer’s website.

Apple Developer Site

Apparently the EU only has to speak friendly, and carry a big stick.

Addressing the complex security and privacy concerns associated with web apps using alternative browser engines would require building an entirely new integration architecture that does not currently exist in iOS and was not practical to undertake given the other demands of the DMA and the very low user adoption of Home Screen web apps. And so, to comply with the DMA’s requirements, we had to remove the Home Screen web apps feature in the EU.

developer.apple.com

Es geht um Progressive Web Apps. So entwickelt man heute Apps, die auf verschiedenen Plattformen laufen sollen. Teams ist eine PWA, das neue Outlook ist eine PWA, wohin man schaut, überall PWAs. Die haben für Apple den Nachteil, dass man sie nicht über den Apple Store laden muss. Und Webkit (Safari) kann viel zu wenig, weshalb man in der Regel Chromium als Basis verwendet, Microsoft verpackt das als Edge Webview 2.

Nun ist Apple gezwungen, Alternativen zu Webkit zuzulassen, und schlägt Entwicklern (und damit den Kunden) prompt die Tür vor der Nase zu. Die Konsequenz heißt: iPhone raus, Android rein.

Man kann etwas Zeit kaufen, indem man so lange wie möglich auf iOS 17.3 bleibt.

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