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Re:Safari is the new IE by briandear on Tuesday June 30, 2015 @06:33PM (#9808841)
Why not? Apple also doesn't allow Flash, so the question is, why? Does Apple make money from Safari? Is there a technical reason that might preclude another browser engine?
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Re:Safari is the new IE by thm76 on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @12:25AM (#9810064)
My understanding was that they don't want to allow executing downloaded code that hasn't gone through the App Store review (such as JavaScript in web pages). I think they allow Lua for scripting in games, though.

So, basically, a 3rd party JavaScript engine is not allowed. I guess you could write your own browser engine that doesn't support JavaScript.

I guess Flash was not allowed for performance and security reasons (lots of vulnerabilities, right?)

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Re:Safari is the new IE by mikeash on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @10:58AM (#9812214)
Alternative browser engines are forbidden, JavaScript or no JavaScript.
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Re:Safari is the new IE by alwillis on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @04:07AM (#9810548)
Steve Jobs wrote an essay why Apple didn't allow Flash on iOS in 2010:

Thoughts on Flash https://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/

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Re:Safari is the new IE by mikeash on Tuesday June 30, 2015 @08:02PM (#9809169)
That is an excellent question I'm afraid I have no answer to.
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