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Re:Apple is not defending browser engine choice by mythz on Friday June 24, 2022 @09:09AM (#31861186)
I had the same issue & had to rewrite not to use RegEx [1], but if that's the main issue people are running into, it's a non-issue that can easily be worked around.

Personally I find Safari a great browser on iOS and prefer not to add to the test matrix burden with different browser engines on iOS. Also this restriction is the only thing keeping Chrome from dominating the future of Web, who can't be trusted to not use it as an anti competitive weapon as we've seen with AMP.

[1] https://stackoverflow.com/a/71168150/85785

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Re:Apple is not defending browser engine choice by MCArth on Friday June 24, 2022 @09:29AM (#31861484)
It's not just regex, it's a long list of features and bugs. The OP was simply giving an example. I've encountered many time-wasting bugs on safari in the past, which have simply been open for several years.
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Re:Apple is not defending browser engine choice by guhidalg on Friday June 24, 2022 @10:50AM (#31862936)
I think you should be penitent for using too-new JS features.
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