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Re:What happens if you try to download and install Firefox o... by judge2020 on Sunday April 03, 2022 @11:00AM (#30897404)
> Uninstalling IE would break how applications would present to the user.

It makes sense for developers to use the native html renderer when they don’t want to have to include a big binary blob (Electron/CEF) to do so in their application.

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Re:What happens if you try to download and install Firefox o... by pygy_ on Sunday April 03, 2022 @11:14AM (#30897521)
The WebView API and the browser app are not the same thing.

Uninstalling the latter shouldn't touch the former, nor should it break the OS.

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Re:What happens if you try to download and install Firefox o... by can16358p on Sunday April 03, 2022 @11:27AM (#30897621)
Yup. At worst, the bundled browser may use the built in web renderer if applicable for whatever reason perhaps.

But it definitely shouldn't be the other way around.

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Re:What happens if you try to download and install Firefox o... by grishka on Sunday April 03, 2022 @02:32PM (#30899392)
Android does it the right way: the web view is a separate Chromium instance that doesn't depend on your default browser.
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Re:What happens if you try to download and install Firefox o... by can16358p on Sunday April 03, 2022 @06:09PM (#30901206)
Yup, I think that's what should be. Installed apps and their versions shouldn't affect system components.
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