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

Re:Apple's claim is that it bans other browsers for security by Spivak on Monday June 27, 2022 @08:07PM (#31902541)

It’s wild to have such huge differences in experience, I bought my iPhone because I borrowed my friends and was shocked at how fast Safari was compared to mobile Chrome.

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Re:Apple's claim is that it bans other browsers for security by m-p-3 on Monday June 27, 2022 @10:28PM (#31903444)

There were some limitations for third-party browsers on iOS that made them slower than Safari in the past, notably that they couldn't use the Nitro JavaScript Engine.

https://9to5mac.com/2014/06/03/ios-8-webkit-changes-finally-...

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Re:Apple's claim is that it bans other browsers for security by toast0 on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @02:20AM (#31904695)

Safari on iOS (or MacOS) is a different beast than Safari for Windows.

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Re:Apple's claim is that it bans other browsers for security by MBCook on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @10:28AM (#31908130)

Right. That’s what I meant. I use Safari on Mac/iOS because it’s so fast (among other things).

I’ve always assumed the Windows version ran on a port of all of Apple’s libraries on top of the Windows libraries, making it so much slower.

Much like how iTunes/QuickTime on Windows was way slower than iTunes/QuickTime on Mac.

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