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.
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.
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.
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.
@narc0tic_bird @Sunshine only in the EU, thankfully.
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.
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.
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.
Finally!
“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)
Is there any word on when they’ll allow PWA’s to be sent to the application list instead?
