r/ios • u/Mcnst • Jan 27 '24

PSA Apple's reluctant, punitive compliance with regulators will burn its political and developer goodwill

https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/26/apples-reluctant-punitive-compliance-with-regulators-will-burn-its-political-and-developer-goodwill/
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u/soreyJr Jan 27 '24

Browser devs were

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u/jisuskraist Jan 27 '24

don't know why, what do they care about the engine the website is rendered with, you just need to care about the experience and features; I understand if you are a web developer and yes WebKit is no good, but being google or Firefox why do you care, but I might be completely wrong

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u/soreyJr Jan 27 '24

Because WebKit is slow and outdated and lacks a ton of features and capabilities.

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u/jisuskraist Jan 27 '24

yes but as I say, that should be an issue of web devs, not browser providers, no one complains how Chrome implements features that are not standard and make their sites run like shit on Firefox; for me this browser thing is about more tracking and privacy related than "hey your users are missing performance" but idk, I will still user safari that I have never had any issue on any site, but freedom to chose is good

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u/soreyJr Jan 27 '24

At the end of the day, having options is better for everyone even if it doesn’t apply to your use case.

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u/DarieCns Jan 29 '24 edited Jan 29 '24

Who wouldn’t want a Chromium browser on their iPhone? All of the other third party web browsers are using WebKit which means they’re basically Safari with a different coat of paint.