Because this article decided not to do so, lets be very clear to give credit where it is due: The Open Web Advocacy group, who has been working for years with regulators around the world, and led this particular fight with an open letter to Tim Cook. It received 5500+ signatures in 3 days.
Here is their debrief post about it:
https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/apple-backs-off-killing-w...
The fight isn't over though. WebKit is still garbage, so we need to keep pushing until other browser Engines have full capabilities!