<story><title>iPad users will miss out on third-party app stores, browser engines, and more</title><url>https://9to5mac.com/2024/01/26/ios-17-app-stores-and-more-ipad-changes/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>dehrmann</author><text>Apple&amp;#x27;s really been acting in bad faith with moves like this and the 27% fee on external payments. Regulators took these actions for a reason, and Apple&amp;#x27;s doing its best to just barely comply, at the cost of bringing even more attention to itself.</text></comment>
<story><title>iPad users will miss out on third-party app stores, browser engines, and more</title><url>https://9to5mac.com/2024/01/26/ios-17-app-stores-and-more-ipad-changes/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>mrtksn</author><text>For anyone interested, EU has started an investigation on iPadOS despite not meeting the threshold: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;ec.europa.eu&amp;#x2F;commission&amp;#x2F;presscorner&amp;#x2F;detail&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;ip_23_4328&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;ec.europa.eu&amp;#x2F;commission&amp;#x2F;presscorner&amp;#x2F;detail&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;ip_23_...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;The investigation should be completed within 12 months.</text></comment>