{"id":35263,"date":"2022-03-11T15:42:15","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T20:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=35263"},"modified":"2022-03-16T15:24:10","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T19:24:10","slug":"apple-responds-to-uk-cma-interim-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/11\/apple-responds-to-uk-cma-interim-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Responds to UK CMA Interim Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hartley Charlton<\/a> (tweet<\/a>):<\/p>\n

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) today published Apple’s response<\/a> to its Interim Report on mobile ecosystems<\/a>, as well responses from dozens of other companies<\/a>, including Google, Microsoft, and Epic Games.<\/p>

[…]<\/p>

Apple expressed intense concerns about potentially having to “redesign the iPhone” to benefit this small, powerful group [that wants sideloading]<\/p>

[…]<\/p>

Apple addressed specific issues raised by the Interim Report, such as the company’s WebKit restriction on iOS and iPadOS, which bans any rival browser engines on the platform. It claimed that WebKit is innovative and responds to demand for features, such as adding “new functionality to enable greater features and functionality for web apps.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

John Poole<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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How many developers have had to redesign their apps to stay on the App Store? We had to pull our battery test from Geekbench.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Michael Love<\/a>:<\/p>\n

There are literally emails where Steve Jobs approved the text to display before sideloading, not to mention the fact that developers + enterprises already have the ability to sideload right now. You don’t have to “redesign” anything to support sideloading.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n