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Re:iOS allows alternative browser engines in Japan by concinds on Thursday January 01, 2026 @07:45PM (#46460036)
Why did you link me to a random comment?

edit: I see now. Firefox still has uBlock Origin. You missed the point. If Chrome wants to make itself less attractive, you should celebrate.

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Re:iOS allows alternative browser engines in Japan by s3p on Thursday January 01, 2026 @07:48PM (#46460056)
If you read it, it shows the impact Google has on browser quality for end users.
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Re:iOS allows alternative browser engines in Japan by hdgvhicv on Friday January 02, 2026 @02:48AM (#46462437)
Firefox onpy works because iOS means site owners have to support multiple engines

I wonder how many chrome fanboys remember the ie6 days.

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Re:iOS allows alternative browser engines in Japan by taveras on Friday January 02, 2026 @09:39AM (#46465180)
> If Chrome wants to make itself less attractive, you should celebrate.

I appreciate that Chrome reducing user autonomy in order to further Google's own business goals _should_ be a reduction in their competitiveness in a perfect market.

But the web browser market does not have perfect competition today, and I cannot recall a time when it had.

Regulators preventing Apple from controlling iOS browser engines but allowing Google to have de facto ownership of the web would be an example of governments picking winners and losers.

Public policy needs to move the market towards real competition.

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