Re:What will a Chromium-only Web look like?
by threeseed on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @08:44AM
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> the ugly truth is that Apple intentionally underfunds and underdevelops the browser
That's not a truth that's an opinion. And one I would definitely disagree with.
When it comes to speed, privacy and battery life I am always choosing Safari over Chrome. And many of us care about those three things over new features that often just make the web worse.
Same here. Safari is my preferred browser for content consumption but not for development work
Re:What will a Chromium-only Web look like?
by timw4mail on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @08:52AM
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KDE's Konqueror is a webkit browser, and there are others. Safari is not available on Linux, but it doesn't need to be.
I disagree that Apple is underinvesting: their slower, more deliberate pace can be an advantage: you can see the pitfalls of implementations in other browsers. I am not disagreeing that Apple has had their own share of bugs, though.
Call me when I can install Safari on linux (or any platform other than macOS/iOS).
Until then - the ugly truth is that Apple intentionally underfunds and underdevelops the browser because they see it as a fundamental risk to their control and revenue from the App store.
It's there because "they have to have a browser" not because they're doing anything novel or clever. And many of the things they refuse to implement aren't related to ads or Google's control at all - they're things that would have narrowed the gap between what a website can do on iOS, and what the App store apps could do.
Again - Apple is acting EXACTLY like microsoft here. Underinvesting in the browser because they see it as a fundamental risk to their best revenue stream - much like how MS ignored IE when the focus was all on local apps (the king of which was still MS office).