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Re:iOS allows alternative browser engines in Japan by pipeline_peak on Friday January 02, 2026 @01:20AM (#46461979)
> So what do you want another chromium based browser?

I want something free of Google code, which sounds like they aren’t doing if Skia is anyway involved.

Instead they’re wasting resources where it’s less needed. Like building a JS engine instead of starting off with something like SpiderMonkey, JSCore, or QuickJS.

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Re:iOS allows alternative browser engines in Japan by Gabrys1 on Friday January 02, 2026 @05:11AM (#46463320)
Let them spend resources however they want. It's not like they are subsidized or anything
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Re:iOS allows alternative browser engines in Japan by pipeline_peak on Friday January 02, 2026 @06:06AM (#46463636)
>It's not like they are subsidized or anything

View sponsors https://ladybird.org/

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Re:iOS allows alternative browser engines in Japan by Gabrys1 on Saturday January 03, 2026 @02:27AM (#46473578)
Am I missing any govt org there?
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Re:iOS allows alternative browser engines in Japan by pipeline_peak on Saturday January 03, 2026 @12:00PM (#46478902)
Subsidize doesn’t only mean government funded.
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