Now in the European Union for a year, iOS is asking for a standard browser whether iPhone users have used Apple’s safari so far. The group voluntarily did not integrate it in its operating system, but in response to the new requirements of the Digital Market Act. Such a browser choice screen is really an impact, Mosilla has now shared: Since the first disappearance of Apple in a browser selection dialogue in March 2024, the number of daily active users of the iOS version of Firefox in Germany is almost doubled. France also increased by 111 percent.
The firefox app was on top of the store chart
The significance of percentage increase remains limited, now active firefox does not mention solid figures Mosilla on users. In recent months, however, the fact that the third-party browser has found a large-scale download thrust through the browser Choice-Choice Screen displayed by the iOS, which has been repeatedly seen in the app store chart. Meanwhile, Firefox and Google Chrome were repeatedly found under the most charged apps in Germany.
The Digital Markets Act forces Apple to integrate an option screen for standard browsers in iOS.
Download floods seem to be triggered by the large point update for iOS like the previous version 18.3. Many users then receive browser selection communication and then download one of the clearly known browsers. Chrome is represented practically continuously in the top 10 of Apple’s App Store, obviously regardless of the imagination of the selection dialogue.
The Digital Markets Act has not yet developed its full potential because the gatekeepers reluctantly follow the new rules, Explained MozillaHowever, it shows that such “targeted regulation can help deal with some competitive obstacles on browsers”. With iOS 18.2, to improve the browser selection dialogues under the pressure of apple -ppartly eU-HAD again. Since then, the newly chosen standard browser then replaces safari from the major position in the iPhone-Dock.
No full third browser is available yet
There is still no correct selection between full browsers for iOS and iPados: all the browser rely on Apple’s webkit in substructure. The Digital Markets Act has also forced Apple to allow other browser engines. Neither Google nor Mozilla have implemented it yet, nor at least because there were many Apple obstacles here.
(Lbe)
