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Re:Apple's Browser Engine Ban Persists, Even Under the DMA by khalic on Monday July 14, 2025 @06:53AM (#44558581)
This is because the safari app is a wrapper for apple’s webview, which is the only way to display web content on iOS, that’s what the article is talking about
Re:Apple's Browser Engine Ban Persists, Even Under the DMA by pickledoyster on Monday July 14, 2025 @10:45AM (#44560885)
No. This is not webview, this is opening a full Safari browser instance and disregarding the user's default browser setting. It also used to be the case with doing a dictionary look up anywhere in iOS too, where the user selects a word, uses the popup menu to Loop Up, and then selects Search Web. This resulted in the absurd situation where you're using your default browser, looking up a word, selecting Search Web and then having Safari (again, not the default browser) open with a search query. Thankfully, at least that behavior has changed recently