Apple will allow third-party browsers in the European Union to create web apps for the iPhone Home Screen using their own custom engines when iOS...
  • lemmeBe@sh.itjust.works
    404·
    2 months 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.

  • narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee
    18·
    2 months ago

    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.

    • mrfriki@lemmy.world
      111·
      2 months 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.

    • kill_dash_nine@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      2 months 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.

  • troed@fedia.io
    8·
    2 months ago

    “What has the EU ever done fo…”

    oh

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

  • dinckel@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 months ago

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

  • TCB13@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 months ago

    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.

    • Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      11·
      2 months ago

      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.

      • TCB13@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 months 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.