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

Re:Apple's claim is that it bans other browsers for security by theturtletalks on Monday June 27, 2022 @12:19PM (#31896754)

For one, people still had the decision to download Chrome even if it was advertised heavily. Apple forces Safari on all their iOS users since all the browsers have to use WebKit.

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Re:Apple's claim is that it bans other browsers for security by CharlesW on Monday June 27, 2022 @12:43PM (#31897154)

> Apple forces Safari on all their iOS users…

Lots of people use non-Safari browsers on iOS (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Opera, Brave, DuckDuckGo), and iOS lets you choose your default browser. I know you know Safari <> WebKit, but 99.99% of users don't know or care about the plumbing.

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Re:Apple's claim is that it bans other browsers for security by mtomweb on Monday June 27, 2022 @01:04PM (#31897446)

All the real browsers have been banned. Ask any browser vendor. The rest are basically Safari skins.

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Re:Apple's claim is that it bans other browsers for security by Spivak on Monday June 27, 2022 @08:02PM (#31902512)

Again, users don’t really care about the plumbing.

Chrome went from WebKit to Blink.

Safari spiritually went from KHTML to WebKit.

IE went from Trident to EdgeHTML to Blink.

Opera went from Presto to Blink.

The identity of the browser is the chrome, ba dum tiss.

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Re:Apple's claim is that it bans other browsers for security by dmitriid on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @04:45AM (#31905560)

By your own definition Edge is different from Chrome because it reskinned Chrome. So, all browsers on iOS are different browsers for the same reason

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