Editing Safari (web browser) (section)

=== Potential anticompetitive practices ===
Apple has been criticized for anticompetitive practices related to Safari on iOS.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Claburn |first1=Thomas |title=Web devs rally to challenge Apple App Store browser rules |url=https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/28/apple_apps_challenge/ |website=[[The Register]] |access-date=5 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> Before [[iOS 14]] (2020), users could not change their default browser, so links always opened in Safari.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Price |first1=David |title=How to choose your own default apps for email, browsing & music |url=https://www.macworld.com/article/673873/how-to-change-your-iphones-default-apps-in-ios-14-and-ios-13.html |magazine=Macworld |access-date=5 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> [[App Store (iOS/iPadOS)|App Store]] rules still require all third-party iOS browsers to use Safari's WebKit browser engine, inheriting its limitations.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Berthene |first=April |date=May 2, 2017 |title=Apple keeps Safari at Chrome's core, and that's a drag on consumers' mobile experience |url=https://www.digitalcommerce360.com/2017/05/02/apples-dirty-little-secret-about-chrome/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408040333/https://www.digitalcommerce360.com/2017/05/02/apples-dirty-little-secret-about-chrome/ |archive-date=April 8, 2020 |access-date=March 22, 2021 |website=Digital Commerce 360 |language=en-US}}</ref> Apple's stated motivation for this browser engine restriction was to increase security, an argument disputed by the UK's [[Competition and Markets Authority]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Charlton |first1=Hartley |title=Should Apple Continue to Ban Rival Browser Engines on iOS? |url=https://www.macrumors.com/2022/02/25/should-apple-ban-rival-browser-engines/ |website=MacRumors |access-date=5 June 2023 |language=en |date=25 February 2022}}</ref> The European Union's [[Digital Markets Act]] regulation, passed in 2022, requires Apple to allow alternative browser engines.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Claburn |first1=Thomas |title=UK antitrust regulator forced to abandon Apple probe |url=https://www.theregister.com/2023/04/04/uk_competition_watchdog_apple/ |website=The Register |access-date=7 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> In response, Google and Mozilla began porting their browser engines to iOS.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Claburn |first1=Thomas |title=Mozilla, Google looking ahead to the end of Apple's WebKit |url=https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/07/mozilla_google_apple_webkit/ |website=The Register |access-date=7 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref>