Japan is making Apple allow non-Webkit browsers on iOS

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Japan is making Apple allow non-Webkit browsers on iOS

August 08, 2025, 12:42 AM

Japan is joining the EU in forcing Apple to allow non-Webkit browsers on iOS. Following the EU's Digital Markets Act, which came into effect last year, Japan now has the Smartphone Act.

This will come into effect by December, and will ban blocking or hindering alternative browser engines, in effect requiring that Apple allow any third-party browser using any rendering engine.

Apple must also refrain from practices that render the use of third-party browser engines impractical or commercially unviable. This is designed to avoid situations where Apple would technically comply but make...

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