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Re:13ft – A site similar to 12ft.io but is self hosted by TimAppleman on Monday August 19, 2024 @10:34PM (#41296252)
Do iPhones not have Firefox now?
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Re:13ft – A site similar to 12ft.io but is self hosted by nzgrover on Monday August 19, 2024 @10:51PM (#41296314)
Quoting _khhm who posted here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25850091

> On iOS there are no web browsers other than Safari, per the app store rules. "Chrome" / "Firefox" / etc on iOS are just basically skins on top of Webkit.

> See 2.5.6 here - https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/

> This is why you don't get any of the features / extensions / etc of Chrome or Firefox on iOS.

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Re:13ft – A site similar to 12ft.io but is self hosted by johnisgood on Tuesday August 20, 2024 @06:08AM (#41298540)
> per the app store rules

Jeez.

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Re:13ft – A site similar to 12ft.io but is self hosted by bwag on Tuesday August 20, 2024 @10:03AM (#41300175)
With iOS 17.4 they allow other rendering engines for users in the EU.

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/01/apple-announces-chang...

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