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Re:Lets Get Arrested (2019) by shawabawa3 on Monday February 14, 2022 @01:35PM (#30336084)
Firefox on iPhone is a wrapper around Safari.
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Re:Lets Get Arrested (2019) by efraim on Monday February 14, 2022 @01:39PM (#30336163)
Webkit is not safari. It doesn't use the same ui or bookmarks for example.
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Re:Lets Get Arrested (2019) by smoldesu on Monday February 14, 2022 @02:38PM (#30337118)
It is, in fact, Safari. As another commentor noted, it's an instance of Safari Webview, not just webkit. The only thing you control when developing third-party apps is the UI/UX.
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Re:Lets Get Arrested (2019) by marcellus23 on Monday February 14, 2022 @05:27PM (#30339260)
> an instance of Safari Webview,

there is no "Safari Webview" -- GP is being pedantic but he is right here. WKWebView is not Safari, anymore than Chrome was Safari before it forked off into using Blink. WebKit != Safari

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Re:Lets Get Arrested (2019) by account42 on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @05:16AM (#30344710)
Chrome had its own build of WebKit with custom patches even before Blink - in no way comparable to embedding Apples build made for Safari.
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Re:Lets Get Arrested (2019) by marcellus23 on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @07:43AM (#30345705)
Obviously, but I don’t see what that has to do with my comment? Browser engines are still not the same thing as browsers.
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