Comment by stockresearcher
7 months ago
Yes, I don't want to say that this is a problem (or not a problem).
The original article has a quote from Apple saying that they don't know why nobody has submitted any new browser for them to approve and then goes on to list a bunch of reasons for why this is the case. All of which center on Apple being obstinate. If Apple was suddenly a nice friendly corporation, would the browser landscape in the EU change much?
The CRA has been law for less than 9 months. I don't think that the general software developer community has awaken to what it is going to involve when full enforcement begins in 2027. I believe that at least some of the people that had originally planned to create new browsers in the EU have reconsidered now that they know what their obligations in 1.5 years will be. And that is probably a good thing (but not Apple's fault).
> If Apple was suddenly a nice friendly corporation, would the browser landscape in the EU change much?
Not immediately. Because there are literally no browser vendors beyond the existing three. Everyone else is just söapping on different coats pf paint on Chromium.
But then there's Ladybird for example https://2025.stateofthebrowser.com/speaker/andreas-kling/