[twobitshifter]

That’s correct, but the engine restriction doesn’t force people to use Safari and it’s possible to use either Chrome or Firefox front-ends. Apple wants to control the browser engine for a couple reasons:

- if you’re charitable: security.

- If you’re uncharitable: blocking the ability to undermine the App Store.

[ivegotnoaccount]

I know. I simply wanted to highlight the likely cause for parent's message downvotes, as none of the downvoters did it and things went quite sour in the sibling thread.