Apple has been in dispute with the European Commission for months. A first battle over the USB-C port has already been won by the political body, which has continued its momentum ever since. In addition to the App Store, whose monopoly may soon fall, it is Safari, and more precisely the WebKit engine, which is in danger.
Today, it is possible for any developer to create an application that competes with Safari. This third-party web browsing solution (like Chrome or Firefox), however, must rely on the open source WebKit base. This is a mandatory condition to be eligible on the App Store.
This regulation, put in place by Apple, is increasingly contested. Last February, British developers tried to override this before being refused access by Apple itself. But the absence of competition, or at least the disguised competition proposed by Apple, does not please the European Commission either.
Apple is moving faster than the EU
In a set of directives, the latter could make Apple's monopoly illegal in the coming months. According to Bloomberg journalist Mark Gurman, Apple is seriously considering this option. As he had already revealed a few days ago, Apple could comply with European law even before it is applied.
In the case of the App Store, third-party solutions could emerge withthe next iOS update. This announcement would be made by Apple during the next WWDC. Regarding WebKit, the obligation to use this common base for all browsers would be removed by Apple.
In his report; Gurman also mentionsthe RCS standardon iMessage, another big possible change for Apple in the coming months. But despite increasingly insistent requests from Google, Apple remains inflexible on this point and does not intend to adopt a universal communication system. The blue bubbles still have a bright future ahead of them.
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