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Apple Argued Safari Is Three Different Browsers to Avoid Regulation (www.macrumors.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Apple Argued Safari Is Three Different Browsers to Avoid Regulation::Apple recently claimed that Safari is three different browsers in effort to avoid regulation in the European Union (via The Register). The claim...

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They are trying to avoid regulation. That's super dodgy. They are trying to hide something. Since it's related to a browser, data collection must be what they want to regulate, and what Apple is trying to hide....

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

You’re overthinking it.

Having 25% of the mobile browser market, and being more than half of the US mobile browser market means:

Apple can force companies like Google to pay tens of billions a year to be the default search engine.
Apple can force companies to ensure that their products are built and QA’ed with Apple’s platforms in mind. This was something Apple struggled with before the iPhone. Many Mac users will remember the days when certain websites and platforms simply didn’t work unless you were using IE for Windows.

It’s a play for partnership cash and, because Apple has always been a control freak, insurance that experiences on their platforms are right.

Edit: One more massive thing, but I can’t believe I forgot. Apples hold over the browser market means they can strong arm the industry into adopting Web standards that Apple wants.