![]() ![]() ![]() There’s little chance pressure from any group will convince Apple to open its mobile platform to third-party browser developers, said Jack Gold, principal analyst at J. In contrast, OWA said, the non-profit Mozilla produces a better browser (Firefox) that consistently bests Apple’s in security and standards conformance and “with revenues of less than $500 million per year." Safari is used by more than 90% of iOS device owners, and Chrome is used by 75% of Android device owners, meaning the two companies have very strong shares of browser usage in their respective mobile ecosystems, according to the UK’s Competition and Market’s Authority.įirst reported by MacRumors, OWA argued Apple’s policy is “a clear conflict of interest with third-party browsers,” and noted the company receives $15 billion a year from Google for search engine placement in Safari while ensuring other browsers cannot effectively compete on iOS. Mobile devices generally come with at least one app store and one browser pre-installed on them, which makes them key channels through which users and content providers can connect for content distribution.Īpple and Google control those key gateways - Apple’s iOS and Google-compatible versions of Android OS - through which users access content on mobile devices and through which content providers can access potential customers. Mozilla Firefox brings up the rear with 9.18% market share. Chrome still holds the top spot - by a long shot, at 65.38% - with Microsoft Edge now used on 9.54% of desktops worldwide, just behind Safari at 9.84%. On desktops, it’s an entirely different story. “Instead are forced to produce a separate browser, which is essentially a thin wrapper or skin around the WebKit engine in Apple’s own browser, Safari.”Īs the default browser on iOS and iPad OS devices, Safari claims 39.4% of all mobile browser traffic, according to web analytics service StatCounter. “Browser vendors are not allowed to ship their browsers, which they have spent hundreds of thousands of hours developing,” OWA continued.
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