Just stay off the internet please. Also turn off your mobile phone, don't make any online purchases, get rid of your credit cards, don't leave the house, don't work, turn off your smart tv, don't drive, etc...
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iOS 18.2 to Allow Third-Party Browser Web Apps With Custom Engines in EU
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Seeing as it'll only be possible with 18.2 you should probably hold yer horses a wee bit.
US never will. Dare I say with the state of politics here, it’s more likely you’ll see individual states changing laws… like California used to do with car emissions.
Absolutely a nightmare scenario for Google and Mozilla.
For me, that feature is godsent (before I moved to iPad only recently). There are multiple apps/services that are only on iOS, and some only support 1 active login (i.e. banking apps, and most common; SnapChat).
What I often do:
- Open Tesla app to precondition my car.
- Bank apps to do bank stuff, skipping a full 2FA login on the web.
- Using a physical keyboard if I want to write longer sentences on various apps
No, we don't "all know Apple profiles us as much as Google" because that isn't true. This claim is a ridiculous example of bothsidesism or false balance.
Does Apple profile us? Yes. As much as Google? Not even close.
Why a nightmare? Just because certain regions *allow* third party browser engines doesn’t oblige developers to *supply* their own browser engines to those regions unless they see a business case. The current WebKit approach will still work. The only thing that might force Mozilla/Google to supply engines for the EU is if a competitor produces their own browser. Which isn’t impossible considering the major browser engines have an open source version - and a market the size of the EU is worth competing for.
Meanwhile, if a couple of US states start implementing EU-like laws (or if a son-of-Epic anti-trust case against Apple actually sticks) then Apple will just have to cave in and allow these things US-wide.
This is actually a 'third party app' situation I might find useful.
I'd jump at a Firefox native browser should it get released in a stable form.
The rest of the Usual Suspect apps are mostly good enough for me.
I'd jump at a Firefox native browser should it get released in a stable form.
The rest of the Usual Suspect apps are mostly good enough for me.
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Let's hope very soon we can get rid of all the "apps" and "store", to reach a very standard based environment.
How?
"The EU" is merely passing laws not actually producing a better product. They are not "literally" doing anything to actually improve iOS.
When you can't innovate, legislate.
Or, set standards based on what is already Made in EU.
Just ask the EU smartphone manufacturing and software 'base', or the EU-protected EV industry.
Both positions are correct and incorrect at the same time, until you have an administrative account and you check by yourself.
Or, thanks to EU, you can ask using your GDPR rights...
But until that day, both sentences are valid.
Sorry, that leads to "The Tragedy of The Commons" FAILS.
I'm very happy to have a curated to semi-curated appscape, and it's why I ditched Android.
There are no standards without somebody carrying a BIG STICK!
And, NO, I don't trust the EU bureaucrats to get it right, just like I don't expect ANY process without a bloody feedback mechanism to get things right.
That's nonsense. We aren't talking about Schrödinger's cat. Apple collects and stores less user information than Google for use in profiling.
Yeah, because Chrome is the only alternative browser. It's not like there's Firefox with its own engine, Chromium-based browsers without trackers, Dillo (if it gets ported to mobile), etc.
It boggles my mind that people are so brainwashed by Apple's (great) marketing that they think they're not collecting truckloads of data and using it to make money.
Now the Chrome takeover will be complete, and we'll be right back to "This site works best with..." bullshìt of 20 years ago.
Fact of the matter is that browsing data is the hidden cost of a free-to-use internet.
Thankfully internet adverts are easily blocked.
If "Chrome", and by Chrome I assume you mean Chromium/Blink, does "take over" then it will be because iPhone users chose it; instead of being prevented from doing so.
The DMA is also requiring a browser choice screen during initial setup of Android devices which could result in more people choosing browsers/engines other than Chrome/Chromium/Blink as the default.
It's unfortunate Apple doesn't want to try to complete more in the browser market by offering Safari on Android, ChromeOS, Windows, etc. devices.
