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Re:Apple considering dropping requirement for iPhone web bro... by gjsman-1000 on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @02:06PM (#33988415)
> I feel like Firefox might actually regain marketshare if it can ship on iOS.

Firefox is currently superior to Chrome on Android, yet the market share is abysmal and irrelevant. I don't see why swapping the browser engine would grow market share, other than wishful thinking.

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Re:Apple considering dropping requirement for iPhone web bro... by idle_zealot on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @05:11PM (#33991358)
You have to consider that Chrome is the default on most Android distributions. A more apt analog would be FF's similarly poor market share on Windows or macOS.
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