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by corrral 1471 days ago
Meanwhile some other developer is really glad their software, that only supports iOS [previous-version] and hasn't been updated for the latest Safari, isn't generating shitloads of bug reports because some of their users updated the browser separate from the OS, and they aren't having to test multiple OS/webview combos.

Your particular case might have worked out better, but in general being able to test on an OS version and not have that change out from under you is really helpful.
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thawaya3113 1471 days ago
Tying web browsers to the OS release was a disaster on the Mac and PCs, to the extent that both Apple and Microsoft have stopped doing that.

I don’t understand why iOS would be any different.

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corrral 1471 days ago
It's a fundamental piece of functionality that you target with a release, if you're using webviews, and a ton of apps do. It's possible to argue that it shouldn't be, but it is, and that does come with some real benefits for developers.

On desktop, the popular solution to the same problem is to bundle an entire web browser.

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