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by skrowl 1062 days ago
There's only Safari on iOS. EVERY browser on iOS is just a skin on top of Safari's WebKit.

See 2.5.6 here - https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/

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Literally specifically said that. Yet Edge and Chrome on iOS actively suppressed JXL in prior builds (yes they can do that — actually calling it a skin is technically wrong as while the engine is Safari, they have a lot of flexibility), and very recently exposed it.
Wasn’t this supposed to change with iOS 17?
Apple is dropping requirements for all browsers to use WebKit, but that doesn’t mean Mozzila/Google/Brave have started releasing them, especially with iOS 17 still being a beta.

https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/07/new-iphone-browsers/