For the most part, Apple bans third party apps from downloading and executing code from random places on iOS.
It's hard to write a web browser that doesn't download and execute JavaScript code from random places.
There has been a bit of wiggle room added on that in recent years. Pythonista offers the ability to write and execute your own Python code, they just don't make it easy to import and run code from random places.
What do you imagine that Microsoft got in trouble for?
>Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson issued his findings of fact on November 5, 1999, which stated that Microsoft's dominance of the x86-based personal computer operating systems market constituted a monopoly, and that Microsoft had taken actions to crush threats to that monopoly, including Apple, Java, Netscape, Lotus Software, RealNetworks, Linux, and others.
> Yeah, and that's a clear violation of competition law
Can you clarify your legal background and/or expertise on competition law and the technical specifics that you believe makes this definitive statement hold true.
It's hard to write a web browser that doesn't download and execute JavaScript code from random places.
There has been a bit of wiggle room added on that in recent years. Pythonista offers the ability to write and execute your own Python code, they just don't make it easy to import and run code from random places.