Mozilla has expressed its opinion on Apple’s new policy that complies with the European Union’s DMA (Digital Markets Act). This policy allows users to easily choose an alternative browser as their default option, and developers are not required to use WebKit as the engine. While this may seem beneficial for third-party browser developers, Mozilla disagrees.
Damiano DeMonte, a representative from Mozilla, strongly criticized Apple’s announcement. The main issue lies in the inclusion of a BrowserEngineKit for rendering steps with other engines, but this only applies to apps within the EU. This means that Firefox must maintain two browser versions, one for the EU and one for outside the EU that still uses WebKit. Meanwhile, Apple continues to develop a single browser.
Mozilla believes that Apple’s approach will not give users as many options as they should have and will make the competition with Safari even more challenging. Therefore, Mozilla is the latest company to express dissatisfaction with Apple’s policy, following in the footsteps of Epic Games and Spotify.
TLDR: Mozilla has disagreed with Apple’s policy complying with the EU’s DMA, which allows users to choose alternative browsers easily. Mozilla criticizes Apple for introducing a BrowserEngineKit only for EU apps, increasing the complexity for Firefox to maintain two browser versions. This move is seen as limiting user options and making competition with Safari more difficult.
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