This change is a result of the DMA’s requirements, and means that EU users will be confronted with a list of default browsers before they have the opportunity to understand the options available to them,” the company says. “The screen also interrupts EU users’ experience the first time they open Safari intending to navigate to a webpage.”

Apple says it allows European users to travel without breaking their browser engine but will make sure only accounts belonging to people who live in the EU get these new engines. Elsewhere in the world, you’ll still be getting WebKit Chrome and WebKit everything else. Apple argues (without any particular merit or evidence) that these other engines are a security and performance risk and that only WebKit is truly optimized and safe for iPhone users.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/25/24050478/apple-ios-17-4-browser-engines-eu

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