The EU forced Jobs Mob to make changes in iOS 17.4, and Apple will stop making browsers in the EU use WebKit, the Safari engine.

The change lets other popular engines, such as Blink, which is used by Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge, and Gecko, the engine used by Firefox, join the party. It also means other browsers could work properly on iOS without any of WebKit's drawbacks.

DeMonte says that Apple has managed to get around the problem by only implementing it in the EU and forcing its rivals to develop double the number of versions and apps.

"We are still looking at the technical bits but are gutted with Apple's plan to limit the new BrowserEngineKit to EU-only apps,". "This would force an independent browser like Firefox to make and keep two different versions.

Apple won't have to deal with the problem because it will release everything on Safari and force app makers to make European software versions.  

This is probably not what the EU had in mind when it wanted to force Apple to be more competitive.