Apple's Anti-Competitive Practices Are Killing the Future of Web Standards
2025-09-03
This article argues that Apple, through its control over iOS, has suppressed browser choice and undermined the openness and competitiveness of web standards. Apple leverages its monopoly on high-income users to force developers to rely on its App Store and prevents competition from standards-based platforms by limiting browser functionality. The author contends that Apple's actions violate the "voluntary adoption" principle of web standards, posing a serious threat to the future of the internet, and calls on internet standards organizations to take action to preserve an open and competitive web ecosystem.
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