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

Re:Apple's claim is that it bans other browsers for security by jedberg on Monday June 27, 2022 @12:46PM (#31897194)

A semantic nitpick that is totally irrelevant. Most people on this website usually mean Gecko when they say they want to use Firefox.

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Re:Apple's claim is that it bans other browsers for security by judge2020 on Monday June 27, 2022 @01:02PM (#31897417)

Really? You mean people don't use Firefox because:

- it protects what's important

- you can "Personalize your experience with new colorways."

- has Facebook Container

- syncs across your devices

Mozilla knows the actual engine isn't the deciding factor when trying to get people to change browsers.

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/

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Re:Apple's claim is that it bans other browsers for security by giancarlostoro on Monday June 27, 2022 @01:17PM (#31897646)

You're on about regular Firefox, not iOS Firefox which is just a UI wrapped around a WebKit component.

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Re:Apple's claim is that it bans other browsers for security by judge2020 on Monday June 27, 2022 @01:23PM (#31897734)

All of those features are possible on iOS via webkit.

Regarding mobile browsers specifically, their advantage over Safari here is blocking cryptominer scripts and autoplay videos: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browsers/mobile/compar...

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Re:Apple's claim is that it bans other browsers for security by ginko on Monday June 27, 2022 @01:44PM (#31898017)

Adblocking only works* on vanilla Safari. I haven't gotten it to work on Firefox for iOS.

* For some degree of "works", ublock origin is way better

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Re:Apple's claim is that it bans other browsers for security by anonymousab on Monday June 27, 2022 @03:50PM (#31899847)

iOS as blocking isn't anywhere near as powerful as Firefox extensions, not what it will eventually need to be.

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Re:Apple's claim is that it bans other browsers for security by shreyshnaccount on Monday June 27, 2022 @01:42PM (#31897998)

But that's not the point-we want gecko and we want it to be good!

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Re:Apple's claim is that it bans other browsers for security by GekkePrutser on Monday June 27, 2022 @03:35PM (#31899666)

The colorways were an antifeature to me (seriously what's the point of introducing a feature when you're already planning to drop it 2 months later) and I'm still waiting for real containers on mobile (the fb one is useless to me as I don't use Facebook) but the other features yeah they're great

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Re:Apple's claim is that it bans other browsers for security by rPlayer6554 on Monday June 27, 2022 @12:59PM (#31897378)

Let's not pretend all of HN is a hive mind. I for one thought that Firefox the browser had chosen not to be on IOS because to they couldn't use Gecko. This is new information to me.

So no, using the proper names for things is not a semantic nitpick. The commentator didn't not try to invalidate the parent's point, just show the language issue.

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