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Re:Open-sourcing Chrome on iOS by Analemma_ on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @05:34PM (#13535987)
It is possible for one's utility function on web browsers to weight speed and power consumption more than standards compliance.
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Re:Open-sourcing Chrome on iOS by trome on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @05:43PM (#13536079)
WebRTC and many other major features are still missing from Webkit on iOS, whereas in Chrome & Firefox I can have a full WebRTC client on mobile.
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Re:Open-sourcing Chrome on iOS by abalone on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @05:59PM (#13536245)
That's consistent with the parent comment. They're working on WebRTC.[1] Possibly they're making it power efficient first and then shipping, as opposed to shipping and then making it efficient.

[1] https://webkit.org/status/#specification-webrtc

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