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by jaas 3562 days ago
You probably have to restart because the web rendering engine (WebKit) used by your browser (Safari) is used all over the rest of the system as well (in webviews). Just a guess though.
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Rings a bell.

I seem to remember that someone sometime got into some trouble for something like that.

Just a fading memory.

Yes I think it was something about forcing that to users through a de-facto monopoly of 95% of computers in the world.

Not sure why people try to apply monopoly restrictions to Apple. They don't have monopoly position (not even close) in any market they operate.