Apple's technical restrictions inhibit other browser vendors from porting their engines to iOS, ensuring Safari maintains dominance and generating significant revenue for Apple. The company claims ignorance regarding this issue, yet it is aware of the barriers it enforces. Safari generates substantial profits for Apple, representing 14-16% of annual operating profit, and the browser engine ban prevents meaningful competition from web apps. This practice is unique to Apple compared to other gatekeepers, raising regulatory compliance questions under the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
Apple's rules and technical restrictions are blocking other browser vendors from successfully offering their own engines to users in the EU. At the recent Digital Markets Act (DMA) workshop, Apple claimed it didn't know why no browser vendor has ported their engine to iOS over the past 15 months.
Safari is the highest margin product Apple has ever made, accounting for 14-16% of Apple's annual operating profit and bringing in $20 billion per year in search engine revenue from Google.
Ensuring other browsers are not able to compete fairly is critical to Apple's best and easiest revenue stream and allows Apple to retain full control over the maximum capabilities of web apps, limiting their performance and utility to prevent them from meaningfully competing with native apps.
This browser engine ban is unique to Apple and no other gatekeeper imposes such a restriction. Until Apple lifts these barriers, they are not in effective compliance with the DMA.
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