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Re:Apple's Browser Engine Ban Persists, Even Under the DMA by xnx on Monday July 14, 2025 @06:50AM (#44558552)
Do you know of an example? I use a non-Chrome browser on Android and can't remember encountering this.
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Re:Apple's Browser Engine Ban Persists, Even Under the DMA by seritools on Monday July 14, 2025 @06:55AM (#44558601)
it's the "thin" browsers that are half-embedded in other apps, such as Google News. In the menu you can see "Running in Chrome" and "Open in <yourdefaultbowser>"
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Re:Apple's Browser Engine Ban Persists, Even Under the DMA by tricot on Monday July 14, 2025 @08:16AM (#44559268)
This feature is called Android Custom Tabs and it is supported by most browsers on Android afaik. I use Firefox for this purpose, but it is possible that certain Google apps always use Chrome for this, not entirely sure.
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Re:Apple's Browser Engine Ban Persists, Even Under the DMA by ffgbbvv66 on Monday July 14, 2025 @06:54AM (#44558587)
Some apps specifically open chrome, e.g. chatgpt was doing that for login. Dunno if still is.
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