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iOS 18.2 to Allow Third-Party Browser Web Apps With Custom Engines in EU (www.macrumors.com)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] lemmeBe 35 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

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.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago

@narc0tic_bird @Sunshine only in the EU, thankfully.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

"What has the EU ever done fo..."

(tbh, as an EU citizen, I'm really happy with most of what happens in the union)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Finally!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Is there any word on when they'll allow PWA's to be sent to the application list instead?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

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.