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Re:Linux apps running on iOS via userspace x86 emulation and... by saagarjha on Monday November 12, 2018 @01:19AM (#18430913)
> mozilla and google still wont invest in a browser engine port

The reason they won't do this is because they would't be able to JIT execute in their App Store app, which would make their browser seem unbearably slow.

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Re:Linux apps running on iOS via userspace x86 emulation and... by thangngoc89 on Monday November 12, 2018 @06:07AM (#18431856)
While you're right that JIT isn't allowed on App Store, the issue with browser is you can only use built-in Safari webview for rendering websites. So all browsers on the App Store is a shell for Safari webview
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Re:Linux apps running on iOS via userspace x86 emulation and... by saagarjha on Monday November 12, 2018 @06:23AM (#18431930)
My argument stands even if the "you must use WebKit" guideline is dropped. There's no point in writing a browser without WebKit because you just can't get good performance out of it.
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Re:Linux apps running on iOS via userspace x86 emulation and... by jmarinez on Monday November 12, 2018 @11:28AM (#18433528)
This isn't true either. https://github.com/jcs/endless
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Re:Linux apps running on iOS via userspace x86 emulation and... by raydev on Monday November 12, 2018 @12:30PM (#18434008)
The Github page says it's a wrapper around UIWebView, so it's still a form of WebKit provided by iOS.
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