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“It’s a toy for now, but won’t necessarily remain so.”

Thomas Claburntheregister.com ↗

Apple’s App Store rules require every iOS browser to use WebKit, which makes Chrome on iPhone a Safari clone. Google has started a Blink port for iOS and swears it’s an internal latency test that “will not be available to users.” The EU’s Digital Markets Act lands next year and is expected to break the WebKit rule. Google isn’t defying Apple. It’s waiting for regulators to do it.