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Re:Modifications to Google Chromium for removing Google inte... by h1d on Monday September 24, 2018 @02:07AM (#18055385)
> I view it as a problem

What kind of problem? It makes web browsing stable as the internal engine is tested by Apple without third party bringing their own with updates at random moments and from web developer's perspective, they get a predictable result within iOS without effort and from those, I don't see a problem from users' perspective too.

Maybe you work for Mozilla.

Re:Modifications to Google Chromium for removing Google inte... by SmellyGeekBoy on Monday September 24, 2018 @03:59AM (#18055809)
If you think Apple's software updates provide "predictable results" you can't have been paying attention for the past few years.
Re:Modifications to Google Chromium for removing Google inte... by babuskov on Monday September 24, 2018 @02:25AM (#18055457)
> from web developer's perspective, they get a predictable result within iOS without effort and from those...

> Maybe you work for Mozilla.

Maybe you're a lazy web developer.

The only thing I miss on iPhone is Gecko. I often run into website that doesn't render properly in Safari and at that point I want to have an alternative rendering engine that would solve the problem. Currently I have to find a desktop computer for it.

This has become such a problem lately, because some of the websites I often use and need to get important information from have this issue, so I always have to be sure that I'll have desktop computer around or carry an Android tablet with me.

Next time I buy a phone, it will be Android unless Apple changes their policy on browser rendering engine. If I knew this worked the way it works, I would have never bought the iPhone in the first place.

Re:Modifications to Google Chromium for removing Google inte... by stordoff on Monday September 24, 2018 @11:51AM (#18058711)
Did it also bring stability when Microsoft bundled IE with Windows? Because I'm not sure how you can differentiate the two (and I doubt most would think that was good for the long term health of the Internet).
Re:Modifications to Google Chromium for removing Google inte... by phobosdeimos on Monday September 24, 2018 @03:23AM (#18055680)
Choice is bad.

Anyone remember the 1980s Apple commercial referencing Big Brother? Hilarious in hindsight.

https://youtu.be/2zfqw8nhUwA