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A comment on Apple considering dropping requirement for iPhone web browsers to use WebKit. Parent comment

Re:Apple considering dropping requirement for iPhone web bro... by samtheprogram on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @04:45PM (#33991046)
Missing from this conversation:

- other browsers exist for iOS, and users seem not to care that much for the alternatives, but…

- if other engines are permitted, then user-facing differentiators like extensions will make their way to competing browsers on iOS.

Outside of PWAs, I can’t think of many other features other than maybe arbitrary file upload that requires more hooks into the OS (as opposed to greater control of the browser engine). Genuinely interested in hearing/thinking of more, if you have any.

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Re:Apple considering dropping requirement for iPhone web bro... by acdha on Thursday December 15, 2022 @09:34AM (#34000051)
Other browsers exist but those are apps using the same WebKit rendering engine, which means web developers have to support that. If Blink could run natively, you’d see more promotion on Google properties to change that.
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