▲ 792 ▼ Apple is finally allowing Firefox to use its own engine on the iPhone (but only in the EU) (www.theverge.com) submitted 2 years ago by dantheclamman@lemmy.world to c/firefox@lemmy.ml 87 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] lud@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] 520@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) They didn't have to. The EU regulations have been public for a while now, the only question was how Apple was going to comply. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] lud@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] freeman@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Regulations are not "maybe"s. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 520@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago* The regulations outright stated that it has to be allowed. So they knew it was going to be allowed on iOS. Like I said, the only question was how: Mozilla didn't know what the mechanisms made by Apple to make this work would look like, but that can be worked out fairly easily later, once they have a working build. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lemmesay@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) they're already in the process for almost a year now. they anticipated the ruling and didn't wait for apple's statement. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] lud@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 520@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) They didn't have to. The EU regulations have been public for a while now, the only question was how Apple was going to comply. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] lud@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] freeman@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Regulations are not "maybe"s. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 520@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago* The regulations outright stated that it has to be allowed. So they knew it was going to be allowed on iOS. Like I said, the only question was how: Mozilla didn't know what the mechanisms made by Apple to make this work would look like, but that can be worked out fairly easily later, once they have a working build. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] lud@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] freeman@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Regulations are not "maybe"s. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 520@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago* The regulations outright stated that it has to be allowed. So they knew it was going to be allowed on iOS. Like I said, the only question was how: Mozilla didn't know what the mechanisms made by Apple to make this work would look like, but that can be worked out fairly easily later, once they have a working build. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] freeman@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Regulations are not "maybe"s. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 520@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago* The regulations outright stated that it has to be allowed. So they knew it was going to be allowed on iOS. Like I said, the only question was how: Mozilla didn't know what the mechanisms made by Apple to make this work would look like, but that can be worked out fairly easily later, once they have a working build. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lemmesay@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) they're already in the process for almost a year now. they anticipated the ruling and didn't wait for apple's statement. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] lud@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] lud@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent