Apple's claim is that it bans other browsers for security

Re:Apple's claim is that it bans other browsers for security by joshuamorton on Monday June 27, 2022 @12:03PM (#31896502)

> There was even a precedent for something similar: [1]

No there wasn't, unless you mean killing a 10 year old version of Internet explorer with a banner to a newer version of Internet explorer is somehow playing unfair.

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Re:Apple's claim is that it bans other browsers for security by dmitriid on Monday June 27, 2022 @02:45PM (#31898886)

Yes, there was. See this thread from Mozilla's former Vice President: https://archive.ph/2019.04.15-165942/https://twitter.com/joh... (or directly on Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnath/status/1116871231792455686)

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Re:Apple's claim is that it bans other browsers for security by JCWasmx86 on Monday June 27, 2022 @12:08PM (#31896584)

Maybe precedent was an unfair word - I apologize - but it shows, how Google can/could use the power of having one of the most used websites in order to influence the choice of the browser.

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