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
    283·
    23 days 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
    13·
    23 days 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.

    • kill_dash_nine@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      22 days 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
    6·
    22 days 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)