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by Wowfunhappy 2141 days ago
Not coincidentally, they aren't allowed. ;)

You can download "Google Chrome" from the App Store, but you're really just downloading a Google UI skin for Safari.

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Personally I use Android partly because of the lack of web engine choice on iOS, but this isn't strictly true AFAIK. Apple does require the same WebKit/JavaScriptCore, but other code beside the UI skin can be different, such as the networking layer, and for Chrome at least it is different.