Consumer choice is important and, while it’s easy to search through the App Store and find a browser that isn’t the built-in Safari app, it feels like you should be presented with all of the options when you’re setting up your iPhone or Android phone, right?
Well, the European Union thought so — so much that they considered control of the default browser the moves of monopolies and passed the Digital Markets Act which forced both Apple and Google to give consumers more choice over the default browser on their smartphones when setting them up.
