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Re:If you care about privacy, it’s time to try a new web bro... by cmeacham98 on Saturday April 03, 2021 @11:45AM (#26681935)
> That, and, Safari is miles ahead of any other engine in terms of performance. It’s not even close.

How is it fair to make this statement about iOS where no other engine is even allowed? Maybe Chrome(ium) and/or Firefox would be faster than Webkit on iOS if they were actually allowed to develop for it, or maybe Safari would be the best. It's impossible to know because Apple prevents any competition here.

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Re:If you care about privacy, it’s time to try a new web bro... by nwienert on Saturday April 03, 2021 @12:41PM (#26682456)
Because it’s the same engine on Mac and it’s far, far faster (and less battery consuming). Sure, opening it may incentivize Chrome to compete, but I doubt much more than they already are incentivized in general.
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Re:If you care about privacy, it’s time to try a new web bro... by skinnymuch on Saturday April 03, 2021 @12:47PM (#26682511)
We have MacOS to see this is true to a huge degree there. The related and overlapping iOS wouldn’t change things that much.
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