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vaccinator
2029 days ago
Cant you install a browser that is not Safari by jailbreaking? I dont know because I avoid Apple.
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jdofaz
2029 days ago
No, you can install Chrome or Firefox but they are still just wrappers around webkit
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vaccinator
2028 days ago
Even if you jailbreak? Poor apple fans....
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kall
2028 days ago
Thereās probably no one who has gone to the trouble of porting a browser engine for only the sake of running on jailbroken devices.
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SulfurHexaFluri
2028 days ago
You could if chrome or firefox actually had a specific ios jailbreak app. But why on earth would they dedicate the resources to building a whole app that hardly anyone would be able to use.
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evad3r
2028 days ago
I mean for the most part, I doubt the average Apple fan is going to care.
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sevencolors
2029 days ago
Yeah you can run Firefox (or others) as your default browser now
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bch
2029 days ago
Notably, only w the latest iOS update a few weeks ago
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vaccinator
2029 days ago
They are no longer required to use Safari's engine in the background?
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evad3r
2028 days ago
It's still Safari's engine but the web browser can built their own functionality on top of it, like content blocking, tab sync etc.
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saagarjha
2028 days ago
Content blocking functionality is not exposed to third-party browsers.
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