Mobile browser developer Brave is already seeing the benefits of new tools that give iOS users a choice of default browser in the EU after recording an uptick in downloads in the wake of the changes.
Now that the EU’s Digital Markets Act has come into force, Apple has rolled out a new browser choice screen in iOS 17.4. Upon downloading the update, every iOS user in the EU is presented with a new screen that requires them to choose a default browser, which controls which app opens when you click on a website link. It’s one of several changes the EU is forcing upon “gatekeepers” in the bloc, which it believes will open up users to more options when it comes to using mobile browsers, search engines, operating systems, and app marketplaces.
