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Re:All web browsers on iOS are just Safari with different de... by SahAssar on Sunday April 21, 2024 @04:06PM (#40108779)
You talked about when iOS/iphone launched. Youtube did not work on iOS safari back then since it used flash. You're moving the goalposts.

Either way you still have not proven that less user choice now somehow leads to more user choice in the future.

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Re:All web browsers on iOS are just Safari with different de... by ceejayoz on Sunday April 21, 2024 @04:19PM (#40108870)
You’re really missing the point, but as a bonus, that’s why the iPhone launched with a dedicated YouTube app; Google didn’t want to give up all that potential revenue.

We know letting a dominant player abuse their position to corner the market has long-term downsides to user choice. Windows, IE, and now Chrome.

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Re:All web browsers on iOS are just Safari with different de... by SahAssar on Sunday April 21, 2024 @04:26PM (#40108917)
> We know letting a dominant player abuse their position to corner the market has long-term downsides to user choice. Windows, IE, and now Chrome.

The solution to that is to stop the abuse, not remove user choice.

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Re:All web browsers on iOS are just Safari with different de... by ceejayoz on Sunday April 21, 2024 @05:35PM (#40109446)
I’m all for breaking Chrome apart from Google’s ads business.

Until regulators stop being asleep at the wheel, “we can’t lock iOS users out of everything” likely keeps Safari alive.

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