EU tells Apple to open everything up to its rivals
Fucking good.<p>It's bullshit that you can only run Safari on iOS or that the App Store is the only store you can use.<p>Yes, I understand the security implications of a third-party browser having deeper integrations into the OS and potential battery life concerns.<p>I also don't care.<p>I want to run Firefox on my phone. The actual thing. With containers and extensions. Let Safari compete on the merits.<p>I want the choice of being able to pay for a great app or use its "good enough" open source equivalent outside of the App Store.<p>iOS is a fantastic operating system. iPhone and iPad are stellar hardware with brilliant physical UX. Apple Watch is leagues beyond anything else in its class. I will keep buying Apple stuff until I can't anymore.<p>But a monopoly on core system functions isn't necessary to keep that high bar high.