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by Hamuko 1148 days ago
>The problem was that it didn't get updated like normal software, it was somehow tied to the OS, so old outdated versions lingered around for far too long, limiting what technologies web developers could use.

Now that mantle is taken up by Safari, especially on mobile.
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cubefox 1148 days ago
Oh really, does Apple repeat that mistake? I assumed Safari would get updates like a normal app.
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Hamuko 1148 days ago
They're a bit more separated on macOS but still not really separate. On iOS, it's very much tied to the iOS/iPad OS version.

There's perfectly functional iPads out there that are stuck on an iOS version and are thus e-waste as more and more Internet becomes inaccessible to them.

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cubefox 1148 days ago
Okay, Microsoft made a mistake with their IE policy, maybe put of ignorance, but Apple repeating that mistake with Safari has no excuse.
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