Apple's Browser Engine Ban Persists, Even Under the DMA - Open Web Advocacy

SLAP and FLOP: Apple's Lack of Full Site Isolation and iOS Browser Ban Puts Users at Risk - Open Web Advocacy

TL:DR; Yet again Apple’s ban on third-party browser engines weakens security rather than strengthens it.

Apple's plan to allow browser competition dubbed unworkable - Open Web Advocacy

The #AppleBrowserBan Ends in the EU!

It’s Official, Apple Kills Web Apps in the EU - Open Web Advocacy

If you ship a Web App in the EU and will be impacted by this, please sign our open letter to Tim Cook. It is critical that we gather as much evidence as possible to prevent Apple from breaking Web Apps in the EU.

Google Backs Down: Will Grant Hotseat in EU Browser Choice Screen - Open Web Advocacy

In a significant win for smaller browsers, the open web, and the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), Google has agreed to place the browser selected through the EU…

BrowserEngineKit | Apple Developer Documentation

Create a browser that renders content using an alternative browser engine.

Apple's Assault on Standards - Infrequently Noted

By subverting the voluntary nature of open standards, Apple has defanged them as tools that users can employ against the totalising power of native apps in their digital lives. This high-modernist approach is antithetical to the foundational commitments of internet standards bodies and, over time, erode them.

Apple Further Explains iOS 17.4's New Default Browser Prompt in EU

After updating to iOS 17.4, which is currently in beta, iPhone users in the EU will be prompted to choose a default web browser when they first open Safari. In an email today, Apple shared additional details about how this process will work. Apple said iPhone users in the EU will be presented with a list of the 12 most popular web browsers from their country's local App Store at the time, and noted that the options will be shown in random order for every user.

Can browser choice screens be effective?

Innovative new research from Mozilla shows that design is critical Browser choice screens are back on the menu. Most notably, the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) will require them from ...

Atlassian Buys The Browser Company, Browser Wars, Why Atlassian

Atlassian bought The Browser Company, seeking to deliver an AI-enabled browser for work. It’s a reasonable bet, but I’m skeptical that browsers are the future.

Exclusive: Multiple AI companies bypassing web standard to scrape publisher sites, licensing firm says

Multiple artificial intelligence companies are circumventing a common web standard used by publishers to block the scraping of their content for use in generative AI systems, content licensing startup TollBit has told publishers.

Apple to add AI search partners to Safari as Google usage falls

Apple is going to add AI search providers to the Safari browser on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Bloomberg reports Apple...

I Don’t Care What Google or Apple or Whoever Did

Please do not use this post as an excuse to beat up the devs at Apple or Google. If you are doing that, you have missed the point of this post and you are being unnecessarily mean to individuals who may have no control over broader organizational decisions. Do not…

About Browser Choice Allliance

The issue Microsoft’s deceptive tacticsimpede consumer choiceFor years, Microsoft has manipulated desktop browser choice, using deceptive tactics to push Edge onto users. Instead of competing on quality, it relies on forced resets, misleading prompts, and hidden settings to trap people into using its browser. Every time Microsoft forces, pushes or…