Comment by Nextgrid
12 hours ago
> unless you move to the EU or Japan
Not only that, but the "entitlement" (Apple lingo for code-signature flag that grants capabilities) needed to publish a browser effectively requires to be an established company, ensuring hobbyists can't really get there with an open-source project even though the sources of Firefox are available and could technically be ported.
It goes well beyond requiring an established company. It's so onerous that no company has yet successfully navigated all the gates required - even Google. Apple is maliciously complying with the EU's Digital Rights Act, and many years later, the EU has not concluded its investigations. I am incredibly disappointed.
Apple is the only thing holding back Chromium / Blink from becoming the only browser technology that matters. I hope they keep fighting that fight.
Nobody would install chrome on iOS even if they could, for the same reason they don't try to install safari on android.
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They don't fight it for that reason though. They don't care about an open web either.
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Is this a new rule? I had my own browser published on the App Store about a year ago (as a solo dev).
You had a Safari wrapper published. Not a browser.
A browser that does not use webkit.