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[–] lnxtx@feddit.nl 55 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Remember the Internet Explorer domination?

[–] clb92@feddit.dk 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

As a webdev, Safari has taken the place of IE now.

[–] kowalski@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 10 months ago

I'm assuming you mean as the thing we use to download FF?

-or is that the joke?

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Safari? Really?

Must be the mobile version.

[–] lud@lemm.ee 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Safari is the worst because apple apparently refuses to update their browser outside an IOS/macOS update. So stupid.

Safari is a browser not a system app. It should not be affected by system updates at all.

[–] whats_all_this_then@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

~~Can you even update Safari separately on iOS?~~

Nevermind, read that as "people refuse" instead of "apple refuse"

Fuck Apple.

[–] TheLight@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's the IE effect in more ways than one. Apple makes money from apps, and by having a monopoly on which app store you can use. Therefore it's in their interest to nerf the browser as much as they can get away with it, and why they force third party browsers to use the Safari rendering engine under the hood.

[–] dan@upvote.au 2 points 10 months ago

by having a monopoly on which app store you can use

Not for long, at least in the EU.

Therefore it's in their interest to nerf the browser as much as they can get away with it,

This is also why PWAs don't work well on iOS. I think they still don't even support notifications.