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EU browser choice rules send millions more users Firefox's way (www.theregister.com)
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[–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 32 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Now if only Apple will let Firefox run its own rendering engine instead of Safari’s.

Like, that’s the only thing I don’t get. Other apps which are not web browsers, fine. Use Safari. But an actual web browser? FFS, let them use their own engine.

[–] pwxd@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

You can! There's a browser called reynard and it's based off gecko web browser but you still need to sideload them, it isn't available in App Store :-(

The main goal for this browser is to make web browsing usable for older iOS, I find it pretty neat so I wanted to share this!

https://github.com/byeCl0ud/reynard-browser-compiled

[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

its just that Apple forces Webkit to all Apps on the app store.

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

Orion has gotten around that, somehow. Not sure what kind of wizardry they’ve pulled, but they managed to get both Firefox and Chrome extensions working on iOS.

[–] badgermurphy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's Apple's explanation why, but it has flimsy justification. There is no technical reason why Firefox mobile can't use the Gecko rendering engine on Apple iOS. So, unlike every other graphical OS I've ever heard of, you can't really pick your browser. You can only play dress-up with Safari and pick its outfit.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm no apple fan, but I will note that their Tight AF control over the apps nets them a very very small power draw and ram footprint. I don't think they're pushing safari because they don't want you to have a choice, I think it's control over their own perf that they're looking for in this case

[–] badgermurphy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

That argument seems flimsy when I can still download Trash Match Casino Deluxe: Extra Ads Edition from the app store.

[–] ReptilianCleric@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

I doubt it. There's a lot of money in surveillance capitalism and I don't buy for a minute that Apple are too good to do that or any stupid excuses.