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Isn't that case somehow similar to how Microsoft used to bundle IE with Windows? iOS isn't a monopoly such as Windows was, but you could use another browser eng
by phaer 5y ago
Isn't that case somehow similar to how Microsoft used to bundle IE with Windows? iOS isn't a monopoly such as Windows was, but you could use another browser engine on Windows and you can't on iOS.
Shouldn't that at least worry antitrust legislators in the EU and/or the US?
- julianlam 5y agoNo, not at all. In Windows you can install any other browser you want (even if it ships with IE default). On iOS, ALL browsers are forced to used Safari's rendering engine. It would be like installing Firefox and it uses Trident in the background.
- IggleSniggle 5y agoThe poster you are responding to is saying the same thing, but also referencing the huge judgement that Microsoft faced for pre-installing Internet Explorer / making it the default browser. They’re saying that while the situation isn’t completely analogous, that what Apple is doing is far more egregious than what Microsoft already faced massive judgement for doing.
- agust 5y agoDefinitely. The situation on iOS is much worse than it ever was on Windows. Apple is banning all competition in the browser space on more than 1 billion devices worldwide. Antitrust legislators would surely be very interested in this if they were aware of the issue, but most of them probably aren't yet. Some people have been talking to regulators, like Stuart Langridge and Bruce Lawson to the UK regulator, the CMA. Stuart Langridge presentation to the CMA: https://kryogenix.org/code/cma-apple/ https://kryogenix.org/code/cma-apple/
- rectang 5y agoI have mixed feelings about this. Without Safari being required on iOS, Chrome's market share would be overwhelming and then we'd be in a situation back more like the bad old days of IE, where a single browser dominated not just on one OS but across the entire ecosystem.
- kitsunesoba 5y agoAnd undoubtedly, if Blink-Chrome were present on iOS you can bet that many web devs would target that exclusively, requiring you to trade away battery life and privacy to use the entire web. The web should be to the greatest extent possible browser agnostic.