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>>samwil+(OP)
I feel 2 ways about this. If Apple is forced to open up, Chrome will take everything. If Apple can keep Safari in place, there are at least 2 browsers. OTOH, it’s a crap thing to do to your customers, forcing a browser on them.

>>BirAda+ug
Apple should be forced to show users a screen where they select the browser they want to install when purchasing or upgrading iOS. There are more browsers than Safari and Chrome.

>>cactus+lz
For god's sake NO, that would be the final nail in the coffin of Google owning web standards. 99% of users would choose Chrome because it's what they recognize most, and I assume in this scenario you're imagining this is actually different browsers using their own rendering engines.

I don't understand why in this world of Google's near monopoly on the web, people are more focused on government intervention to prevent Apple's pithy 9% marketshare for holding back poor Google.

>>hbn+KG
Not necessarily. If Brave can somehow present that it blocks ads and trackers many users will choose it over Chrome.

>>cactus+YM
Google will be able to change standards very quickly to their licking and change their websites (google search, youtube, etc.) to only work with their browsers effectively killing any competition.

>>FinnKu+8P1
Brave has blocked YouTube ads for years.

>>cactus+vW1
Brave relies on Google for browser engineering.