OWA wants Apple to support alternative browser engines on iOS

A group of web developers calling itself Open Web Advocacy (OWA) aims to convince Apple to support alternative browser engines on iOS.

Apple currently only allows browsers on iOS to use its own WebKit engine. On macOS, the company is more lenient.

“[E]very browser on iOS, whether it be badged Chrome, Firefox, or Edge is actually just a branded skin of Safari, which lags behind [other browsers] because it has no competition on iOS,” said Stuart Langridge, one of...