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The DMA already having an impact. Brave Browser installs surge after introduction of browser choice splash screen on iOS. (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by FatCat to c/technology

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https://www.macrumors.com/2024/03/13/brave-browser-rise-installs-ios-14-7-eu/

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Firefox has no extensions so no Adblock.

That's because so far every browser on iOS had to use WebKit as it's HTML rendering engine, meaning that even if you installed another browser manually you were basically still using Safari under the hood. IIRC the new DMA rules include allowing other browser engines like Gecko, so Mozilla is probably already working on making addons available. I mean they are available on Android, so why wouldn't they make them available on iOS now that they finally can?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I wouldn’t be sure because of how stupid Apples compliance is. But if they do I would definitely switch. I guess it’s just going to be Firefox focus until then.