Re:This app does not support the App Store’s private and sec...
by horsawlarway on Monday February 07, 2022 @10:19AM
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Windows explorer is STILL a wrapper around IE - I can go install COM components for IE that will run just fine in explorer.
And the vast majority of the webviews used by the OS were IE (now webview2, based on Edge instead).
It turns out the ability to display a webpage is a pretty critical part of any modern operating system - they all support some form of a webview. The one in Windows is based on browsers that MS develops and owns (IE, then EdgeClassic, now Chromium Edge). It's absolutely baked in still.
And the vast majority of the webviews used by the OS were IE (now webview2, based on Edge instead).
It turns out the ability to display a webpage is a pretty critical part of any modern operating system - they all support some form of a webview. The one in Windows is based on browsers that MS develops and owns (IE, then EdgeClassic, now Chromium Edge). It's absolutely baked in still.