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by heavyset_go 1309 days ago
Because all browsers are Safari on the mobile platform that has 60% of market share in the US.
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chrisseaton 1309 days ago
Well yeah that’s a fact that supports the point. Why exclude it?
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ianbutler 1309 days ago
You literally can’t run a different browser on the device.* If I’ve installed Firefox I’ve installed reskinned Safari.

“2.5.6 Apps that browse the web must use the appropriate WebKit framework and WebKit Javascript.”

From the App Store guidelines.

It’s not a choice thing.

*without jailbreaking

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chrisseaton 1309 days ago
You choose the browser with the device.
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ianbutler 1308 days ago
That seems like an anti trust action waiting to happen frankly.
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chlorion 1309 days ago
That is irrelevant though.

It sucks that Apple does this but it doesn't actually change the fact that Firefox use is at 3%.

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heavyset_go 1309 days ago
It affects usage rates of other browsers other than Safari on that platform, because other "browsers" are just limited chrome on top of Safari. The quality of Chrome, Firefox, etc on iOS will be behind the quality of the same browsers on platforms that they're allowed to improve and innovate upon.
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