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Whenever the topic of OS-bundled browsers comes up, I always wonder how Apple manages to get away with iOS (Maybe also macOS?) + Safari in the EU, especially c
by thrdbndndn 3y ago
Whenever the topic of OS-bundled browsers comes up, I always wonder how Apple manages to get away with iOS (Maybe also macOS?) + Safari in the EU, especially considering the fact they even restrict the browser engine (on iOS).
- slimsag 3y agoThey should just call their devices 'game consoles' instead of computers, then nobody would bat an eye!
- yjftsjthsd-h 3y agoIsn't it mostly that their market share is relatively small in the EU?
- mywittyname 3y agoI think society generally thinks of phones and computers as separate concepts. Phones are supposed to be locked down for security, and computers are supposed to be open. Apple's dominance is in the phone sector, and people who use Apple computers are largely used to or supportive of that locked down, Apple knows-best-approach to devices. Apple also knows what mistakes MS made, and can avoid them while slow-walking OSX to the same locked-down ecosystem as their other devices use. I'm curious if Microsoft could build their own iPad knock offs and get away with the same stuff that Apple does, but my guess is no.
- martin8412 3y agoApple doesn't have a large enough market share in the EU that it warrants intervention.