Apple’s lock on iPhone browser engines gets a December deadline
Apple's grip on iPhone browser engines could soon be loosened, as Japanese regulators have set a December deadline for the company to lift its restrictions. The new guidelines, related to Japan's Smartphone Act, prevent Apple from imposing unreasonable technical or financial barriers for developers who want to adopt alternative browser engines to Apple's own WebKit. This means that we might see the first iPhone browsers built on third-party engines, such as Google's Blink, which has been prevented from coming to iOS due to Apple's "malicious compliance" in the EU. The guidelines aim to promote more competition and choice in the mobile browser market, potentially benefiting both developers and users.
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