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Hans India
3 days ago
- Business
- Hans India
Japan Sets December Deadline to End Apple's iPhone Browser Restrictions
Japan is taking a strong stance against Apple's longstanding control over iPhone browser engines. Under the newly published guidelines for the country's Smartphone Act, Apple must lift its WebKit-only restriction by December. This move could finally allow third-party browser engines like Chrome's Blink to operate on iOS. Until now, Apple's policies have effectively blocked full-featured alternatives, even in response to similar EU regulations. However, Japan's guidelines go further, stating that Apple cannot impose 'unreasonable technical restrictions' or create new rules that would discourage the use of non-WebKit engines. This development could mark a major shift in the iPhone browsing experience and improve competition in the mobile browser per a translation provided by the Open Web Advocacy organization, the guidelines prevent Apple from doing the following:
The Verge
3 days ago
- The Verge
Apple's lock on iPhone browser engines gets a December deadline
We might finally see the first iPhone browsers built on top of third-party engines now that Japanese regulators have taken up the issue. Apple's malicious compliance in the EU has so far prevented Chrome, and its Blink engine, for example, from coming to iOS, but recently published guidelines related to Japan's Smartphone Act could change that. Not only do they set a December deadline for restrictions to be lifted, but also specify that Apple can't enforce alternative rules that make it difficult to adopt alternatives to the company's own WebKit browser engine. According to a translation provided by the Open Web Advocacy organization, the guidelines prevent Apple from doing the following: 'Imposing unreasonable technical restrictions on individual app providers while allowing them to adopt alternative browser engines, placing excessive financial burdens on individual app providers for adopting alternative browser engines, and steering smartphone users away from using individual software that incorporates alternative browser engines.' Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All by Jess Weatherbed Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All Apple Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All iPhone Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All News Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All Policy Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All Politics Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All Regulation Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All Tech
